Embedded in Boston Children's Hospital, the #1 children's hospital from the U.S. News & World Report, the Department of Psychiatry (Department) is committed to the development and implementation of a responsive behavioral health care continuum so as to provide children and adolescents with the right services in the right setting at the right time. To do so, the Department has embraced a stepped-care approach to mental health care whereby patients are grouped into mild, moderate, or severe levels of functioning as a means of determining the most effective care setting. The Department embraces that the establishment of an effective behavioral health care continuum will require successful collaborative care partnerships between psychiatry specialty care, primary care providers, school professionals, and community mental health providers. With nearly 50 child psychiatrists and over 100 psychologists, besides the CBAT unit, the Department provides has outpatient, inpatient, CL, and school-based specialty psychiatry services. The Department is committed to the highest quality of care, innovative research, education of the next generation of educators, and the wellness of its staff.
