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As the back-to-school sea­son approach­es, it’s not uncom­mon for chil­dren to expe­ri­ence feel­ings of anx­i­ety and uncer­tain­ty. To help par­ents nav­i­gate these feel­ings with their kid­dos, we turned to Quin­cy Med­ical Group Pedi­atric Ther­a­pist JoAnn O’Rourke, who shared some advice and strate­gies to sup­port chil­dren fac­ing back-to-school anxiety.

Nation­al Sis­ters’ Day pro­vides a per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to cel­e­brate the spe­cial con­nec­tion shared between sis­ters. At Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG), nurs­es Evan P. and Mor­gan S. are not only sis­ters, but they also work side-by-side in our Obstet­rics & Gyne­col­o­gy department.

Rebec­ca Mot­ley, a nurse at Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) for 25 years, and her daugh­ter LeighAn­na Hill, who has been with QMG since 2001, share a spe­cial bond — not just one of fam­i­ly, but of a call­ing to care for oth­ers. Both work at our QMG Pitts­field Clinic.

Teenage years are a time of many changes, and skin­care is no excep­tion. You might be deal­ing with break­outs, dry­ness, or a com­bi­na­tion of both. But don’t wor­ry, a sim­ple rou­tine can keep your skin healthy and glow­ing. Here’s what Gar­i­ann Roth, a licensed estheti­cian at QMG, rec­om­mends for your teen skin­care regimen:

Here you will find answers to fre­quent­ly asked ques­tions after receiv­ing a can­cer diagnosis.

Focus­ing on pre­ven­tive care can help you live a longer and hap­pi­er, health­i­er life. Annu­al vis­its are a time to talk with your provider about rec­om­mend­ed screen­ings, fam­i­ly his­to­ry, and any con­cerns. It’s easy to put off these vis­its, but they can help you in the long-term.

Here you will find answers to fre­quent­ly asked ques­tions about the Glob­al Assess­ments offered by our Pedi­atric Assess­ment Center.

To get past a dif­fi­cult emo­tion, you need to first iden­ti­fy and embrace that emo­tion. Once you know what you are feel­ing and why, you are able to move into a state of mind that allows for more effec­tive prob­lem solv­ing and deci­sion mak­ing. When some­one tells you to calm down, they are basi­cal­ly sug­gest­ing that you skip right past this step and move imme­di­ate­ly to the prob­lem solv­ing state of mind. That’s just not how we work. We need that in-between step of iden­ti­fy­ing the tough feel­ing and sit­ting with it for a minute before we can move for­ward. What’s miss­ing when some­one says ​“calm down” is empa­thy.

In our con­tin­u­ous effort to pri­or­i­tize men­tal well-being and inclu­siv­i­ty, we join the nation in com­mem­o­rat­ing Minor­i­ty Men­tal Health Month. This ded­i­cat­ed obser­vance brings atten­tion to the unique strug­gles that racial and eth­nic minor­i­ty com­mu­ni­ties face regard­ing men­tal illness.

Research shows that for emo­tion­al symp­toms, includ­ing depres­sion, anx­i­ety, and ADHD, a com­bi­na­tion of med­ica­tion and ther­a­py is often the best form of treat­ment. But when should you or your child try med­ica­tion? Are there oth­er things you should try first? How does any­one even make that deci­sion? Is there a pill for that? The fol­low­ing is a list of fac­tors to keep in mind as you nav­i­gate this poten­tial­ly over­whelm­ing decision.