Lourival Baptista, M.D., Director of the Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation Service at Children's Hospital Boston, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist available tohelp families cope when their child is in the hospital. Rachel Tunick, PhD, a staff child psychologist, is available to work with children and their families in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. In addition, David R. DeMaso, MD, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Children's Hospital Boston, is on our Cardiology Team working closely with Drs. Baptisa and Tunick to understand the factors that facilitate resiliency and coping in families facing pediatric heart disease.

Dr. DeMaso has prepared a practical guide to help parents if their child is facing a significant cardiac procedure or hospitalization: Helping Your Child With Medical Experiences: A Practical Parent Guide (pdf). Together with his colleagues, he has also created the Cardiac Experience Journal and Transplant Experience Journal which is the collective wisdom of children and parents facing pediatric heart disease.

Assistance is also available through Family Support Services.