Suicide is a public health threat
More young people die of suicide than cancer, heart problems, respiratory problems, HIV, meningitis, and influenza combined. A psychiatrist, and an activist, Dr. Campo discusses how and why it is important to protect the lives of young people, who are most vulnerable.
Dr. Campo, a nationally recognized expert in child and adolescent psychiatry, was named chair of the College of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry in 2012. He has been at Ohio State since 2006, and is the former director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and medical director of Pediatric Behavioral Health, a joint position serving Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State. Board certified in pediatrics, psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry, Dr. Campo is the recipient of Innovation in Pediatric Practice at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. His interests include the relationship between medically unexplained physical symptoms and emotional disorders, psychosomatic medicine, and the delivery of evidence based behavioural health interventions, most notably in primary care. Dr. Campo has been honored as a NAMI exemplary Psychiatrist.
14:16 mins.
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