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Listen now: Smart Talk on children’s mental health

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This episode focuses on children’s mental health. Two experts explain the mental health issues affect kids most and how to identify symptoms that can be associated with illnesses that include ADHD, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and autism spectrum disorder.

Joining us on this program are two pediatric health care professionals. Dr. James Waxmonsky is an associate professor of psychiatry as well as the Division Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Penn State College of Medicine.  Dr. Melissa Brown is a clinical psychologist at Pinnacle Health, who regularly treats children of all ages who have been diagnosed with a mental health disorder.

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Dr. James Waxmonsky and Dr. Melissa Brown