What if a physical problem is causing the symptoms?
As a physician, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist is trained to recognize physical disorders that may be affecting how people think, feel, and behave. In addition, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist considers how emotions, feeling, thinking, and behaving may influence your child or adolescent s physical health. As a physician, the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist is qualified to take medical responsibility for the plan of psychiatric treatment and will consult with your child or adolescent s family physician to develop a comprehensive treatment plan. 6. What kind of treatment is offered? The individual plan of psychiatric treatment will take into account your child or adolescent’s problems as well as the strengths that are identified in your child’s personality, your family, the school and other community resources. Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists use a variety of treatment techniques; e.g., psychotherapies, behavior therapies, medications, interventions with the school and
