Wordfest Presents Pier Bryden (Start Here)

Wordfest Presents Pier Bryden, MD (Start Here)
Wordfest Presents Pier Bryden (Start Here)
Mar 17 @ 7 PM - 8:30 PM MT 
Memorial Park Library, 2nd Floor
1221 2 St SW

This event has been cancelled


Be part of a vital conversation about youth mental health at this exclusive conversation with Pier Bryden, one of the world’s top child and adolescent psychiatrists. In Start Here, Pier Bryden, MD has generously laid out an accessible guide for parents or caregivers trying to help navigate the troubling rise in mental health challenges in children and teens today. This event includes an on-stage interview, followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

“I believe mental health in children is more important than dental health. I’d much rather my child have NO problems coping than NO cavities. This book shows parents what they can do to help their kids.” — HOWIE MANDEL, comedian, actor, and Bell Let’s Talk Ambassador

About Start Here

Is my child okay? Is she eating and sleeping enough? Is he hanging out with the right people? Should I be worried that she spends all her time in her room? Is this just a phase? Or a sign of something serious?

As parents, we worry about our children — about their physical health, performance at school, the types of friends they have, and, of course, their mental health. Every day seems to bring new and expanding issues and disorders and troubling statistics about the rise of mental illness in children and teens. It’s usually obvious what to do for physical injuries like broken bones, but when it comes to our children’s mental health, the answers are much less clear, and sometimes even contradictory.

Pier Bryden and Peter Szatmari, top child and adolescent psychiatrists, are here to help. Using their combined six decades working with families and kids — and their own experiences as parents — they break down the stigma of mental health illness and walk parents through the warning signs, risk factors, prevention strategies, and the process of diagnosis and treatment for mental health challenges arising from:

  • Eating disorders
  • Anxiety
  • Psychosis
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • ADHD
  • Autism
  • Depression
  • Trauma
  • Suicidal thoughts and behaviors

The most important thing to remember as a parent is that you and your child are not alone. Wellness is a continuum, and there is a lot parents can do to bring their child back to a place of safety. The road ahead isn’t always easy or straightforward, but this guidebook offers essential advice that every parent needs to advocate for their child.

About Pier Bryden, M.D.

Pier Bryden, MD, is a psychiatrist and award-winning clinical teacher at The Hospital for Sick Children, and an associate professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Oxford University, and McMaster University, she specializes in the ethical and legal aspects of the treatment of children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders. She is the current Chair of the Medical Council of Canada’s Central Examination committee, and was previously the Canadian representative to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Ethics Committee. She is the coauthor of How Can I Help?, a national bestseller, and Start Here: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children and Teens through Mental Health Challenges.

Curiouser?

Also by Pier Bryden:

Recent Articles and Features:

  • “Children and teens might hide their mental-health struggles. But adults can’t look away” — Globe and Mail.
  • “Advice for parents of kids with mental health challenges: Don’t look away” - CTV News

Books:

Books will be available for purchase at the event by local bookseller, Owl’s Nest Books.

If you want to purchase the book in advance:

Owl’s Nest Books | Shelf Life Books| Indigo.ca

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