Episode 57 is about the Intersection of Mental Health and Pediatrics. In this episode, Lyndsay Soprano and Monica Garty-Juice, PNP-BC, MSN, APRN discuss questions in and around:

• What pediatricians are missing
• Why kids are getting so misdiagnosed
• Developmental trauma
• Highly empathic and sensitive people
• Anxiety
• Imposter Syndrome
• Manifestation of chronic illness and the intersection between mental health, integrative, and Western medicine.

Listen to this important episode. It’s for everyone to hear.

Monica is a pediatric nurse practitioner from Yale University and a passionate advocate for developing and implementing systems to improve mental health care access and delivery in pediatrics. She is fellowship trained in child and adolescent mental health from Ohio State University, as well as Trauma Stress Studies with the Trauma Research Foundation.

She currently works as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Sea View Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital of Orange County, proudly serves as clinical faculty at UCLA School of Nursing, and has recently launched Intersection Rising--a company that intersects her lived experiences, rigorous academic training, and clinical experience in general pediatrics, pediatric neurology, and mental health.

You can find Monica online:
https://intersectionrising.com