Daily News | CHOP’s only infant psychiatrist is worried about the mental health of Philadelphia’s youngest
Children’s mental health is a pandemic crisis that needs immediate solutions, CHOP’s psychiatry chief sayscan have lifelong implications. Njoroge says that 90% of the brain develops in the first five years of life — about 75% in the first three years. Traditionally, she said, child psychiatrists see patients starting around age 6. “But if 90% of the brain is developing before that period of time, we’re really missing critical opportunities,” she said.
In Njoroge’s CHOP office, toddlers are not expected to lie down on child-sized couches and talk about their parents.express themselves through play. The goal of this assessment is to make a plan that could include various forms of therapy, whether at CHOP or in the community.Njoroge says that over the past decade, childhood mental health concerns have gotten worse, specially for Black children.
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