Caregivers will often ask why a physician completing an assessment will often seem to stop the formal evaluation and begin what looks...

Child psychiatrists typically see patients between 4 and 18 years of age. Understandably, the way a child psychiatrist interacts with a...

Many children live in blended families, where in addition to their biological parents, they may also be raised by step parents, extended...

Whenever a person in the community is contacted to get a better idea of how a patient behaves outside of the healthcare setting, that is...

Many children are cared for by adults who are not their legal guardians. In fact, their primary caregiver may not even be biologically...

Child psychiatrists typically begin seeing patients at 4 years old. In general, this reflects that: Many behavioral challenges declare...

All child psychiatrists must complete an adult psychiatry residency before continuing on to another two years of training to see minors.

Psychiatry is no different from other specialties in the US, in that a person's care can be affected by their insurance status.

An emergency psychiatric evaluation is not complete until the care team knows the answer to a key question: After you leave emergency servi

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a modality that provides a structured approach to helping a child process and recove

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a modality where therapists work with parents or caregivers while they are interacting with their

Family therapy focuses on how a group of people who are invested in each other's well being focus as a system, rather than as individuals.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) was developed by a woman named Marsha Linehan who was psychiatrically hospitalized for over 2 years in

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach that focuses on early and direct identification of cognitive distortions. Then, the...

As I start to review different types of psychotherapy modalities, you'll likely pick up that there is this running theme: Your thoughts...

One could consider supportive psychotherapy a great introduction to therapy, from the perspective of the patient. But to therapists, suppor

In addition to different types of psychotherapy providers, there are also different types of psychotherapy approaches. Sometimes these appr

Psychiatrists are physicians who chose to specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders that affect mood, thinking, and behaviors.

Before moving on to other types of psychotherapy providers, I wanted to write a post on the concept of "terminal training".

Since 2012, those wishing to become a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) need to meet several requirements in the state of...