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Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service |
The Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service provides inpatient and outpatient psychiatric consultation, evaluation, and treatment related to the psychological adjustment of children and families with acute and chronic medical and mental illnesses such as:
- Complex mixed medical-psychiatric diagnoses
- Noncompliance with medical treatment
- Chronic pain
- Procedural anxiety
- Feeding disorders
- Failure to thrive
- Organ transplantation
For referrals please call (650) 498-4468.
Services
- Psychiatric evaluation, management, and treatment
- Evaluation of children and adolescents who are having difficulties adhering to their medical treatment regimen
- Evaluation and treatment of infants with feeding disorders and growth deficiency
- Presurgical psychiatric evaluation
- Short term inpatient individual and family psychotherapy
- Behavioral interventions for pain management and anxiety related to medical procedures
- Consultation to the General Pediatric Continuity Clinic on psychiatric issues including assessment and medication management
- Behavioral interventions
Medical Director
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000
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