Services
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry section provides:
- Comprehensive mental health assessment and treatment for children
and adolescents in the outpatient setting
- Consultation to pediatric practitioners in inpatient, outpatient and
emergency settings
- Consultation to schools, courts and child-serving agencies
We have special expertise in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents who have problems with:
- Persistently sad or irritable mood
- Many worries and fears
- Adjusting to stressful or traumatic events
- Controlling their attention or behavior
- Understanding their thinking
- Interpersonal relationships
- Learning or development
- Involvement in high-risk behaviors
- Transition to adulthood
Our Vision
To help kids build happy and successful lives
Our Mission
To excel in:
- Clinical care for children, adolescents and their families
- Child mental health education and training for future physicians, general and child psychiatrists, developmental/behavioral pediatricians, pediatric neurologists, psychologists, social workers and counselors
- Research regarding best practices for the delivery of mental health services to
children and adolescents
- Advocacy for the unmet mental health needs of children and adolescents
Our Guiding Principles
To provide care that is:
- Child-centered
- Family-focused
- Culturally-competent
- Community-linked
- Evidence-based
- Quality-driven
- Prevention-oriented
Our Services
State-of-the-art diagnostic evaluation
Expert second opinions
Comprehensive and focused psychological and neuropsychological testing
Evidence-based treatments, including:
o Cognitive-behavioral therapy
o Trauma-focused therapy
o Dialectical behavioral therapy
o Narrative therapy
o Social-emotional skills training
o Parenting skills training
o Family therapy
o Group therapy
o Medication evaluation and management
- Assessment and management of physically ill children
- Assessment and management of children in crisis
- Coordination of care with primary care practitioners and pediatric specialists
- Consultation to schools, courts and child-serving agencies
Disorders We Treat
- Depressive Disorders
- Bipolar Disorders
- Post-Traumatic and Acute Stress Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
- Disruptive Behavior Disorders
- Attention Disorders
- Psychotic Disorders
- Somatoform Disorders
- Tic Disorders
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Adjustment Disorders
- Psychological Factors Affecting Medical Conditions
Our Team
Heather Walter, MD, MPH (Chief)
Lauren Ashbaugh, PhD
Natalija Bogdanovic, MD
Donald Gair, MD
Melissa McCarter, LICSW
Asma Rashid, MD, MPH
Dana Rubin, MD, MSW
Contact Information
Boston Medical Center
Dowling Building, 9th Floor
Enter at 850 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
Call (New Patients): 617.414.5245
Call (Existing Patients): 617.414.4238
Fax: 617.414.5520
Hours: Monday thru Friday, 9 am to 7 pm
24 Hour On-Call Service for Existing Patients: 617.638.8000
(request the Psychiatrist on call)
Emergency Service: 1.800.981.4357
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic is located on the 9th floor of the Dowling Building. To enter the Dowling Building, please use the entrance at the Yawkey Ambulatory Care Center at 850 Harrison Ave. From the lobby of the Ambulatory Care Building (850 Harrison Avenue) take the corridor to the left of the Information Desk and follow this past the Urgent Care Center on your right. Turn right at the end of the corridor (Chapel on your left), walk down the ramp to the elevators and take elevator to the 9th Floor.
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