Psychiatry

Children’s Hospital Boston is making headlines locally, nationally and around the globe for our advances in mental health care and achievements in psychiatric research. Visit the links below to learn more.

• Children's psychiatrist Stuart Goldman, MD, participates in National Public Radio's "On Point" program in a discussion about how teens deal with grief and remember loved ones who have died
• Michael Rich, MD, MPH, director of Children’s Center on Media and Child Health, discusses impact of media exposure on kids and teens
• Children’s attending psychiatrist Scott Leibowitz, MD, comments on parenting strategies for transgender children
• Children’s physicians caution parents about “online overload” in kids and adolescents
• Children’s study suggests enhanced genetic testing capacity for autism
• William Beardslee, MD, academic chair of psychiatry at Children’s, weighs in on helping children counterbalance the influence of depressed parents
• Children’s neurologist Frances Jensen, MD, examines the development of the adolescent brain
• Children's researchers uncover new evidence to suggest autism is rooted in a brain connectivity problem
• Lydia Shrier, MD, MPH,director of Children’s Clinic-Based Research, advises doctors how to address suicide, other tough topics with teen patients
• S. Bryn Austin, ScD, behavioral science researcher and director of Fellowship Research Training at Children’s, shares new insights on body image issues facing “tweens”

Meet some of our patients and families

• Sylvia, a 12-year-old identical twin who is transgendered
  
  
• Troy, a 3-year-old boy diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified

• Jaclyn, who overcame an addiction to pain medication