Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation- Liaison Elective

Catalog description

Child and adolescent psychiatrists are consulted for these and many more reasons: safety assessments, infant delirium, catatonia, adjustment to new diagnosis or chronic illness, assessments for mood or thought disorders, complex trauma, school refusal, anxiety, feeding and eating disorders, gender dysphoria, non-suicidal self-injury, post suicide attempt care, treatment non adherence, neurodevelopmental concerns, transplant evaluation, unexplained symptoms, family conflict, and management of care interfering behaviors. Students will function as residents conducting evaluations of children across the Emergency Department and medical floors. Students will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to support teams in the care of children and adolescents with complex presentations. Course Requisite: Permission of the instructor is required. Class meets Monday-Friday Maximum Enrollment: 1; Credit: 4. Aishwarya Rajagopalan, D.O., MHS and Ravi Anand, MD; Hendi Berrios, RN, CN IV, CPI; Lauren Deaver, MD; Lauren Dilullo, PsyD; Sathayan Gurumurthy, MD; Iris McMillan, PhD; Sarah O'Rourke, PhD,; Emalia Stay, MD; Rebecca Taylor, MD, MA; and Kristen Winsor, MD