Dr. Benjamin Whittier Van voorhees MD
Pediatrician
1301 E 47th St Chicago IL, 60653About
Dr. Benjamin Van voorhees is a pediatrician practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Van voorhees is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Van voorhees diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Van voorhees can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Education and Training
Vanderbilt Univ Sch of Med, Nashville Tn 1990
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Reducing health disparities in depressive disorders outcomes between non-Hispanic Whites and ethnic minorities: a call for pragmatic strategies over the life course.
- Protective and vulnerability factors predicting new-onset depressive episode in a representative of U.S. adolescents.
- Predicting future risk of depressive episode in adolescents: the Chicago Adolescent Depression Risk Assessment (CADRA).
- Treat depressed teens with medication and psychotherapy.
- Integrative internet-based depression prevention for adolescents: a randomized clinical trial in primary care for vulnerability and protective factors.
- Using population attributable risk to help target preventive interventions for adolescent depression.
- Randomized clinical trial of an Internet-based depression prevention program for adolescents (Project CATCH-IT) in primary care: 12-week outcomes.
- From prototype to product: development of a primary care/internet based depression prevention intervention for adolescents (CATCH-IT).
- School based prevention programme may reduce depressive episodes in adolescents at risk.
- Clusters of Behaviors and Beliefs Predicting Adolescent Depression: Implications for Prevention.
- Adolescent Dose and Ratings of an Internet-Based Depression Prevention Program: A Randomized Trial of Primary Care Physician Brief Advice versus a Motivational Interview.
- Telemental health and web-based applications in children and adolescents.
- Adolescent and parent experiences with a primary care/Internet-based depression prevention intervention (CATCH-IT).
- Randomized controlled trial of primary care physician motivational interviewing versus brief advice to engage adolescents with an Internet-based depression prevention intervention: 6-month outcomes and predictors of improvement.
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