Pediatric Psychiatry

Our Approach

With comprehensive pediatric clinical expertise—and the experience in taking care of generations of children—our team provides expert care based on your individual child’s growth patterns and specific level of development.

At Children’s Hospital of Georgia, we understand that your child’s health affects the entire family. We also know that life doesn’t slow down when illness occurs. Our team provides a full support staff that helps your whole family through short term or longer term health issues. We have a team of Child Life Specialists that help young patients cope during a hospital or clinic visit, focusing on extra support for coping and normal childhood activities while receiving medical care.

Interdisciplinary Care by Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists

Care is delivered by an interdisciplinary treatment team of child and adolescent psychiatrists and child and adolescent psychologists, including specialists in eating disorders, ADHD and autism. They are supported by social workers, a recreational therapist, a special needs teacher, a registered dietitian and psychiatric nurses and technicians. The team offers:

• Short-term inpatient psychiatric care in a dedicated unit focused on evaluation, consultation, crisis stabilization and treatment planning
• Family assessments, consultations, therapy and medication management
• Outpatient and inpatient care for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders
• A multidisciplinary outpatient Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) program for children ages to 16 whose ADHD is difficult to treat
• A behavioral management program for autism
• Patient Family Centered Care
• All the resources of one of Georgia’s largest academic medical centers