Trauma-Informed Positive Parenting in Primary Care as a Tool to Support Child and Family Well-Being.

Factors affecting caregiver health and wellbeing, such as trauma and stress, can have significant negative impact on parenting behaviors and on subsequent child physical and mental health. Trauma-informed positive parenting (TIPP) is an effective tool that acknowledges and addresses a family's unique journey and needs, while promoting both nurturing caregiver-child interactions and appropriate limit setting. Primary care practices are in unique positions to provide such interventions, due to their long-standing and trusted involvement with families.

Assessing barriers to engagement in a community mental health center using the Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT).

Barriers in access to care prevent many individuals from benefiting from mental health services. The purpose of the current project was to assess the effectiveness and utility of incorporating the Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT; Kazak et al., 2001) into standard evaluation procedures at a pediatric psychiatry clinic in a diverse urban setting.