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Transforming Systems of Care for Girls, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

  • 1st Edition, Volume 35-1 - November 20, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Consuelo C. Cagande, Lisa R. Fortuna, Elizabeth McGuire
  • Language: English

In this issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Consuelo C. Cagande, Lisa Fortuna, and Elizabeth McGuire bring their considerable expertise to the to… Read more

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In this issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Consuelo C. Cagande, Lisa Fortuna, and Elizabeth McGuire bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Transforming Systems of Care for Girls. Systems of care for girls is an increasingly important area within child and adolescent psychiatry, with a focus on understanding the unique mental health needs and challenges faced by girls, which are often distinct from those of boys. In this issue, top experts provide timely guidance to help create more effective, equitable, and supportive environments—essential not only for improving individual outcomes but also for fostering healthier communities and societies as a whole.

Key features

  • Contains 16 relevant, practice-oriented topics including implementing trauma-informed policies and practices in systems of care; addressing eating disorders in girls across systems of care; impacts of social media on adolescent girls; promoting well-being in girls through social media and digital health; girls, family, and community-based and multisystemic approaches to care; and more
  • Provides in-depth clinical reviews on transforming systems of care for girls, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
  • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews

Readership

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists

Table of contents

Trauma and Girls: Implementing Trauma-Informed Policies and Practices in Systems of Care
Transforming Systems of Care for Girls: Addressing Eating Disorders in Girls Across Systems of Care
The Impacts of Social Media on Adolescent Girls
Promoting Well-being in Girls through Social Media and Digital Health
Addressing Substance Use Disorders Among System-Involved Girls
Schools Responding to the Special Needs of Girls
The System of Care Approach: A Multisystemic Framework of Care for Girls and Their Families
A System of Care Approach to Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Mental Health Care
Improving Systems of Care for Immigrant and Refugee Girls: Weaving Personal Wisdom, Clinical Experience, and Advocacy to Promote Public Mental Health
Improving Systems of Care for Immigrant and Refugee Girls: Weaving Culture and Data to Improve Clinical Care
Meeting the Needs of Systems-Involved Sexual and Gender Minority Girls
Addressing Sexual Trauma in Girls Across Systems of Care
The Intersection of Educational and Cognitive Diversity Factors for Girls Impacted by the Carceral System

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 35-1
  • Published: November 28, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Consuelo C. Cagande

Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Division of Community Care and Wellness Senior Associate Program Director/Fellowship Advisor Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Lisa R. Fortuna

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Weill Institute for Neurosciences Chief of Psychiatry, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital , Vice-Chair of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, USA

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Elizabeth McGuire

Affiliations and expertise
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Child and Family Guidance Center, Northridge, California, USA