The Boston Services for Trauma and Resources for Families (Boston STAR) Program provides mental health services to children and adolescent patients who have experienced traumatic events. We provide evidence-based trauma treatment individualized for each patient’s needs, challenges, strengths, and goals. Our team works closely with children and adolescents, their families, and schools and community to enhance support, reduce trauma symptoms, and enhance wellbeing.
Boston STAR services are available to children and adolescents who receive medical care at BMC or at one of our affiliated community health centers.
The work of the Boston STAR program is made possible through support from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Related Departments and Programs
Pediatric Primary Care
A program providing children’s primary care with check-ups, sick visits, vaccines, teen care, and support for ongoing health needs.
Pediatric Specialty Care
A team of pediatric specialists providing pediatric care such as behavioral health, GI care, emergency medicine, and more for growing kids.
Psychiatry (Pediatrics)
Adolescent Medicine
A pediatric primary care program specializing in pediatric and adolescent medicine, offering preventive, reproductive, and mental health care.
Aftercare Clinic
Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
Psychiatry
A department providing mental and behavioral health care to improve emotional wellbeing, including therapy for anxiety, depression, and trauma.
Residencies, Fellowships, and Other Opportunities
The BMC Department of Psychiatry is deeply committed to educating the next generation of psychiatric and clinical care providers, from medical students and interns to postgraduate and mid-career clinicians. With our exceptionally diverse patient population and wide array of clinical services and research, we provide a unique place to learn. In particular, we offer a psychiatry residency, a family medicine and psychiatry combined residency, and multiple fellowship programs in the areas of addiction psychiatry, community psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, global health, and multicultural training.
We also provide training opportunities for Masters of Social Work and Masters of Mental Health Counseling candidates, pre- and postdoctoral psychologists, and psychiatric nurse practitioners.
Psychiatry Research Overview
The BMC Department of Psychiatry seeks to advance understanding of the causes of and risk factors for psychiatric illnesses; to facilitate the development of more effective diagnostic, treatment, and prevention strategies for a wide array of psychiatric disorders; and to improve the quality and accessibility of mental health services. We conduct research that encompasses a wide variety of specialties, including maternal and child mental health, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), refugee health, depression, and serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia.