17 Caring for Kid's Mental Health During Covid: How Parents Can Help with Dr. Zakia Alavi Pediatric Meltdown

I have the pleasure of having Dr. Zakia Alavi for the second time (you will hear from her again in 2021!) to talk about a very relevant topic for pediatricians, mental health professionals and parents – Covid and its effects on children’s mental health. Dr. Alavi is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, and an assistant professor at Michigan State University. She teaches medical students how to integrate basic and clinical sciences and provides psychiatric services in Jackson, Michigan to those children who are in most need. Dr. Alavi offers age-specific coping strategies to mitigate the impact Covid on our children’s emotional well-being.


Connect with Dr. Alavi at alavizak@msu.edu or visit https://raind.msu.edu/ to learn more about her space.


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