The goal of the Pediatric Psychiatry Network is to improve patient and family access to quality mental health services by empowering primary care physicians to deliver and/or coordinate mental health care for youth within the primary care setting.

In addition to providing physician-to-physician consultation, the Pediatric Psychiatry Network aims to provide Ohio’s primary care clinicians with concise, relevant, and user-friendly information about the care of common pediatric mental problems and disorders.

Please click the links below for information on common disorders:

• ADHD
• Anxiety
• Bipolar
• Depression
• Maternal Depression
• Medications
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Substance Use
• Suicide
• Toxic Stress
• Trauma

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ADHD

• PPN ADHD Protocols
• ADHD: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Anxiety

• PPN Anxiety Protocols
• Anxiety Classroom Management
• Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Anxiety Disorders

Bipolar

• Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder

Depression

• PPN Depression Protocols
• Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC): I. Identification, Assessment, and Initial Management
• Guidelines for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care (GLAD-PC): II. Treatment and Ongoing Management
• USPSTF Screening and Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Maternal Depression

• Incorporating Recognition and Management of Perinatal and Postpartum Depression Into Pediatric Practice

Medications

• Antipsychotic Treatment Among Youth in Foster Care
• Practice Parameter on the Use of Psychotropic Medication in Children and Adolescents

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

• Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Substance Use

• Alcohol Use by Youth and Adolescents: A Pediatric Concern

Suicide

• Suicide and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents

Toxic Stress

• The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress

Trauma

• PPN Trauma Protocols

• Behavioral Health Conditions
• Screening Tools
• Medications
• Clinical Improvement Initiatives
• Other Resources