Children with Disabilities Can Grow, Thrive, and Be Part of their Communities: Expert Perspective
Renowned pediatric rehabilitation physician Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, highlights the scope of the specialty and its core objectives.
The goal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine is to optimize the health, functioning, and wellbeing of children with disabilities, whether the origins are genetic, traumatic, or developmental. Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, described the scope of the specialty in a recent interview with Patient Care®, emphasizing that while most times the children she sees will have the disability for life, "that doesn't mean they can't thrive and grow and have great lives, participating in their community as they desire."
Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, is chief of pediatric rehabilitation medicine at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; endowed professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; and secretary of the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Primary Viewpoints Episode 7: Antidepressants for Back Pain, Osteoarthritis Pain
February 25th 2021Listen to our newest podcast episode where the lead author of a recent meta-analysis shares his findings on the safety and efficacy of antidepressant medications to treat back and osteoarthritis pain.
Podcast: Arthritis, Anxiety, and Depression: Managing a Common Comorbidity
May 14th 2012Anxiety is even more common than depression among people who have arthritis, a new study has shown. Here to discuss the implications for diagnosis and treatment is Eilzabeth Lin MD, a family medicine physician who is a longstanding researcher in the field of depression and pain.
