Featured — Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Taking a brief step back.

September 7, 2020 By David Ansel

Every child is unique, and diagnoses are over-rated. Diagnoses are nothing more than labels for categories we create by drawing (rather arbitrary) lines in the infinitely variable sand of human development and behavior. Some children fall rather neatly in the... Full Story>

I Will Now Proceed to Untangle the Entire Area…

May 5, 2020 By David Ansel

The diagnosis of “externalizing” behaviors in childhood has always been something of a confusing mess. The list of possible symptoms is long and very upsetting to parents, teachers, and pediatricians alike: • Anger • Tantrums • Oppositionality • Disrespect •... Full Story>

Trileptal for Behavior?

December 2, 2019 By David Ansel

Recently a general pediatrician passed a note along to me because she didn’t know how to respond. It was from a school psychologist about one of her patients. The school aged child had recently been weaned off Trileptal (oxcarbazepine) by... Full Story>

One Size Does Not Fit All

December 30, 2018 By David Ansel

Learning disability (LD) may seem like a complicated and confusing topic to pediatricians, but there are really just a few simple things you need to know in order to counsel families about them and effectively help your patients. Parents will... Full Story>

Bullying

September 24, 2018 By David Ansel

Every day when 6thgrader Kate walks to gym class, new kid Tiffany lies in wait with a posse of girls. Escalating over more than a week, Tiffany calls her ‘fattie’, makes fun of her clothes and hair, insults her family,... Full Story>

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