Dr. Mark Bertin, a board certified developmental behavioral pediatrician, studied at Cornell University and the UCLA School of Medicine before completing general pediatric training at Oakland Children's Hospital
antenatal and perinatal history (including maternal infections or exposures and any birth complications), developmental history with a focus on milestones achieved, any behavioral changes suggesting visual dysfunction (eg, inability to catch objects, frequent falls, and light sensitivity), history suggestive...
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) aims to alter the behaviors, cognitions, and emotions, that may contribute to IBS symptom escalation or maintenance [62,63,64]. Children and parents are taught to implement different coping and distraction strategies, and often also relaxation techniques, to decreas...
RCT suggests the use of “behavioral experiments,” in which the patient actively seeks out information that may confirm or disconfirm existing beliefs about the utility or probability of certain outcomes (60). Max’s therapist might suggest that he talk to other students about what happened when...
Continued therapy was recom- mended, and he began working with a cognitive-behavioral therapist three times a week. Further recommendations were made based on medical history and laboratory work. Important findings from laboratory work included persistent mycoplasma IgG, IgM, and MTHFR C677T ...