Resources
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Depression: Practice Resources
American Academy of Pediatrics Depression Coding Fact Sheet provides guidelines for coding depression visits in the primary care setting.
AAP Mental Health Practice Readiness Inventory helps primary care providers access how well their office systems promote and support mental health.
Depression: Patient Resources
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255 provides 24/7 access to support to everyone. Besides the tollfree telephone number, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline offers support via on-line chat.
Cincinnati Children’s Depression and Suicide offers information on depression and suicide including risk factors for suicide and signs and symptoms of depression.
Cincinnati Children’s Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents provides information on a variety of anxiety disorders including treatment options and support organizations.
Cincinnati Children’s Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC) offers triage and assessment for depression.
Mental Health and Behavior Resources is a list of resources that provide mental health services in the Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana.
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Depression Medication Guide provides information to parents to assist them in making informed decisions about getting care for a child or adolescent suffering from depression.
Adolescent Depression: What Parents Can Do To Help provides tips to deal with adolescent depression.
Minds Matter Family Toolkit from Ohio Psychotropic Medication Quality Improvement Collaboration is designed to help families and depression patients work with their primary care provider for mental health issues.
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Resource Center provides patient educational materials on a wide variety of mental health topics. Available resources include consumer-friendly definitions, clinical resources, expert videos and much more.
Migraine Resources
Cincinnati Children’s Headaches in Children offers information about migraine headaches including prevention and treatment, as well as when to call your pediatrician.
Practice guideline update summary: Pharmacologic treatment for pediatric migraine prevention is an article published in the September 2019 issue of Neurology that provides update evidence-based recommendations for migraine prevention using medications.
Other Cincinnati Children’s Resources
Developed using expert consensus and informed by Best Evidence Statements, Community Practice Support Tools for Healthcare Professionals offer assessment and referral guidelines for community practice physicians.
The Special Needs Resource Directory offers a list of resources to help parents care for a child with special health care needs. This interactive, comprehensive website offers information on medical conditions, life stages, finance and law, as well as support groups and resources for daycare, respite care, camps, and leisure activities.