Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Division Members:
Our physician is board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Our nurse practitioner is certified as a psychiatric mental health practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Information about the Division:
The child psychiatry service at CHKD was initiated in spring 2008 to provide consultation directed at diagnostic clarification and treatment recommendation, especially psychopharmacology, for children suffering from the effects of mental illness or behavioral disturbance. In a working partnership with parents and child, we obtain a history of behavior, emotion and function with attention to genetic, medical, developmental, educational, social and family factors.
Our goal is to assist children and families through collaboration with their primary care physicians in the evaluation and treatment of children suffering from mental illness, at a time that there is a dramatic shortage in the availability of child psychiatric services in most communities. Therefore, instead of seeing children for ongoing care, we provide outpatient consultation, consisting of several or more visits, to diagnose, make treatment recommendations and where indicated, initiate medical treatment.
Depending on the situation, we may begin or change medication management, then return the child to the referring practitioner. We will help parents locate appropriate care if needed. We also offer telephone consultation to the child’s primary care provider.
Address and Phone Number:
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
601 Children’s Lane, 1st Floor
Norfolk, VA 23507
To schedule an appointment, call (757) 668-8866
Fax number (757) 668-8870
Hours:
Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm