The child and adolescent psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and the treatment of disorders of thinking, feeling and/or behavior affecting children, adolescents, and their families. A child and adolescent psychiatrist offers families the advantages of a medical education, the medical traditions of professional ethics, and medical responsibility for providing comprehensive care.

Conditions Treated

Conditions we evaluate and treat include (but not limited to): -

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Anxiety disorders
• Bipolar disorders
• Coping with medical illness
• Depression
• Developmental and other learning disorders
• Disruptive behavior disorders
• Eating disorders
• Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)
• Impulse control disorders
• Mood and thought disorders
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
• Pervasive developmental disorders (PDD
)
• Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Psychosis
• School refusal