'A Paradigm Shift' [northcoastjournal.com]
By Iridian Casarez, Photo: Redwood Pediatrics, North Coast Journal, December 16, 2021 W ithin the past year Mike Mangahas, a pediatrician at Open Door Community Health Clinic in Eureka, has seldom prescribed medications to patients with serious behavioral issues. Instead, he's using information from a survey about patients' childhood traumas — known as adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs — to inform a more holistic model of care. "I have been prescribing a lot less psychotropic...