What Child Psychiatrists In NYC Do

By Marci Glover


Child and adolescent psychiatry is a division in psychiatry that focuses on studying, treating, preventing, and diagnosing psychopathological disorders in adolescents, children and their families at large. Child psychiatrists in NYC specialize in clinical analysis of how psychiatric conditions in children respond to therapy and medical interventions. The analysis covers biologic, psychosocial, genetic, environmental, and demographic factors. People in various countries were already doing some studies and research about psychiatric conditions as early as 1883.

This field categorizes disorders into numerous categories including gender identity, development, eating, psychotic, mood, anxiety and disorders of habit and attention. Development disorders encompass of learning capability and Asperger disorder. Disorders of mood include bipolar issues and depression. Disorders in habit and attention encompass attention deficit hyperactivity, conduct, and oppositional defiant. Anxiety disorders include obsessive compulsive, phobias, and panic problems.

The psychiatrist works with the affected child in arriving at the solution of the problem and shares the decisions with the parents. The first step is normally to conduct a deep diagnostic examination to understand the current situation. Close attention is given to peer, family, emotional, cognitive, social, developmental, and educational components. The solution does not come from the practitioner alone, but it is a team effort between the client and the psychiatrist.

In some situations, the process may involve several other parties such as the family, teachers, juvenile courts, and former physicians or professionals who worked with the kid. The practitioner is required to act in the best interest of their client in all aspects. The assessment of the client involves a mental state examination. The illness and psychiatric history of parents and grandparents is also obtained to help in finding a solution.

Many treatment options are available for administering to affected individuals. Sometimes several options are administered concurrently. Common treatment options are family, psychodynamic, problem-solving, cognitive-behavior, behavior, and problem-solving therapies. Parents may also be placed under training programs and/or conventional medication may be administered. All external influences such as schools, pediatricians, social agencies, juvenile courts, and primary care physicians are also counseled accordingly about the situation.

To establish a career as an adolescent and child psychiatrist in New York City, four years of study in a known medical school is required. When that is over, additional 3 years of residency training in general adult psychiatry, neurology, and medicine is needed. A 2 year-training course in child psychiatry is necessary in other situations too. A lot of competence must be demonstrated in adult psychiatry for one to be allowed to place their specialization in this sub-division.

After going through the entire training and successfully completing, one becomes eligible for taking the certification examination. This examination is administered by two bodies in America, that is, ABPN and AOBNP. Once one passes the examination, they receive a license to seek employment or to start their own centers for dispensing psychiatric services to the public.

Not knowing where to search can make psychiatrists with specialty in children very difficult to find. Departments of psychiatry in medical training institutions, mental health associations, medical centers, and hospitals are some of the best locations ask from. More information should be gathered about a practitioner before requesting for their services.




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