Table 1.

Content areas for child/youth mental health training

Topic	Brief interventions
Patient–provider interaction	Engaging patients in conversation, attentive listening, eliciting an agenda, empathy, giving advice, decision support, interacting with child and parent
Children with problematic behavior	Assessing possible causes (anxiety, depression, trauma, developmental delay or school problems, attention problems), general parenting advice, help with schoolwork, psychoeducation for families about children with delays, linking to community resources for children with developmental delays, appropriate medication use
Depression (child and/or parent)	Psychoeducation, behavioral activation, exploration of contributing stresses, exploration of suicidal ideation, safety for suicidal patients, medications for older adolescents and parents
Anxiety	Psychoeducation, active coping (role models, supported exposure, relaxation), support and response to maladaptive cognitions following trauma, exploration of contributing stresses, indications for medication
Substance use	Recognition of harmful use of tobacco, alcohol, and inhalants. Brief counseling regarding cessation
Intellectual disability and learning disorders	Methods of detection, behavioral and pharmacological management of associated behavior and mood problems
Urgent issues	Thought problems, suicidality, intentional harm to children or risk of harm to others
Parenting and typical developmental issues	[in addition to behavioral topics above] sleep, toileting [including enuresis and encopresis], masturbation