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Description

This session aims to provide shared learning experiences, group consultation, case-based discussion, and cross collaboration between psychiatrists and primary care providers. Providers attending the session will have the opportunity to build their knowledge and skills on how to manage behavioral health topics from a psychiatrist’s perspective. Psych Office Hours: Education & Case Consultation adopts a peer-learning approach where active participation and questions are welcomed during the session.

At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:

  • Identify 3-4 main questions from a patient's case that can be used as teaching points
  • Demonstrate how a psychiatrist works through a differential and establishes a working diagnosis
  • Explore evidence-based medication treatment options, discuss their indications, side effects and risk vs. benefits to help providers consider next steps of treatment for mental health concerns
  • Review non pharmacologic interventions- i.e.- psychosocial interventions, family dynamics, school communication, lifestyle modifications- for symptom management practical to primary care
  • Increase provider preparedness by 70% re: medication intervention for mental health symptoms

The next Psych Office Hours session will be held Wednesday, March 11, 2026 (12-1p). Participants are encouraged to submit deidentified cases and questions before the informal sessions for discussion. You can submit your case(s) to be considered for discussion here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PMHCA-CASE-SUBMISSION

Drs. Yoblonski, Naidoo, and Zankich have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

AzAAP gratefully acknowledges financial support for this PMHCA series from Vitalyst Health Foundation.

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Faculty

FACILITATOR: Lara Yoblonski, MD, FAAP, MPH, Pediatrician, AzAAP Emotional and Behavioral Health Committee Chair's Profile

FACILITATOR: Lara Yoblonski, MD, FAAP, MPH, Pediatrician, AzAAP Emotional and Behavioral Health Committee Chair


Dr. Yoblonski has worked at Phoenix Children's in the Homeless Youth Outreach program and the Center for Resiliency and Wellbeing for the past eleven years. She currently works with homeless youth and families, foster children and youth, and survivors of sex trafficking. Trauma informed care is an area of interest due to the patients she works with. She has been working with the AzAAP Emotional and Behavioral Health Committee for the past two years.


EXPERT FACULTY: Shivana Naidoo, DABPN, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Adult Psychiatrist, DoBetterMD's Profile

EXPERT FACULTY: Shivana Naidoo, DABPN, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Adult Psychiatrist, DoBetterMD


Dr. Shivana Naidoo, MD is a board certified Child Psychiatrist and a board certified Adult Psychiatrist.  She is the founder of DoBetterMD, her integrative psychiatry private practice and consulting firm, which aims to help patients with mental health concerns do better.  She is an Attending at the Bradley REACH Virtual Partial Psychiatric Hospitalization Program where she cares for high risk youth in a virtual multidisciplinary team setting. She is also the host of the podcast  "Thinking It Through with Dr. Naidoo- Child Psychiatrist", which helps spread awareness and psychoeducation to help youth and their families find the best mental health care possible.  


CASE PRESENTER: Angela Zankich, MD, FAAP


Angela Zankich, MD graduated from UC Davis SOM in 2004 and completed her pediatric residency from PCH/MMC in 2007. She worked in the East Valley in private outpatient pediatrics until 2021. She currently volunteers caring for uninsured kids in Chandler and she serves on the AzAAP Emotional and Behavioral Health Committee.