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- Adjustment Disorders
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- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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- Congenital Heart Disease: Emotional and Family Issues
- Developmental Disorders
- Dysthymia
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- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Knowing When to Seek Mental Health Treatment for Your Child
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- Mood Disorders Overview
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychiatric Treatment Team
- Psychological Complications of Chronic Illness
- Schizophrenia
- Separation Anxiety Disorder
- Substance Abuse / Chemical Dependence
- Teen Suicide
- Tourette's Disorder
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Psychiatry (Child and Adolescent)
Special Needs Clinic
The Special Needs Clinic provides comprehensive mental health services for children, adolescents and parents infected with HIV or living with HIV in the family. The clinic's innovative model of care has the capacity for treatment for multiple members of a family, with the individual mental health problems of each person addressed in a context of attention to the needs of the family system.
Among the problems frequently treated are difficulties with mood, anxiety and children's attention and behavior; family conflicts; and coping with illness and adherence to medical treatment. To support patients in adhering to medical treatments for HIV, the Special Needs Clinic staff collaborates closely with HIV primary care providers. The clinic's multidisciplinary team includes psychiatrists, psychologists and clinical social workers, along with case managers and a teacher to help families with psychosocial and educational issues.
Contact
- Pediatric Psychiatry and Mental Health
- (212) 305-0924
