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Clinical Approach
Our interdisciplinary clinical approach includes a thorough diagnostic evaluation as well as the proposal of a treatment plan. Treatment plans are based on current scientific research and reflect the values, needs and resources of the child and family. They often include the following therapeutic approaches: individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, behavioral therapy, parent counseling and medication therapy. Coordination with the child's school is often recommended. The staff of the mental specialty programs and specialty clinics consists of Child Psychiatrists and Child Psychologists and includes both faculty and advanced trainees who are supervised by the faculty.
Hospital-Based Services
Hospital-based services provide psychiatric care for children and adolescents who are hospitalized for medical conditions.
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Services is composed of eight specialty clinics that treat specific disorders within the wider range of childhood conditions.
Learn more about our clinics:
- Anxiety Disorders Clinic offers comprehensive assessment, evaluation, and treatment for disorders such as separation anxiety, agoraphobia, social phobias, and obsessive compulsive disorder.
- Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders Clinic offers diagnostic evaluation and treatment for behavioral problems such as hyperactivity, attention deficit, and conduct disorders.
- Behavioral Neurogenetics Clinic offers evaluation and treatment of psychiatric, behavioral, and developmental problems in children with genetic, and neuropsychaitric disorders such as fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, velo-cardio-facial syndrome, and metabolic disorders.
- Developmental Neuropsychiatry Clinic provides psychiatric evaluation, treatment, and consultation for developmental disabilities, mental retardation, and other brain-based disabilities.
- Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Clinic provides services for youngsters with developmental disabilities as well as psychiatric disorders. Developmental disorders treated at the clinic include autism, delayed cognitive development, sensory or motor impairment, and learning disabilities.
- Eating Disorders Clinic provides medical and psychiatric evaluation, treatment, and consultation for anorexia, bulimia and other eating disorders. Treatments offered by the clinic include psychopharmacology, individual and family counseling and coordinated school programs.
- Forensic Clinic provides assessment and treatment of children and their families who are involved with the court systems. Services include custody and visitation recommendations, court-mandated therapy and evaluation of allegations of abuse.
- Mood Disorders Clinic provides specialized diagnostic assessment and treatment for childhood depression and bipolar disorders. Its services include psychiatric evaluation and consultation, medical management and psychotherapy.
- Trauma Clinic serves children and adolescents suffering from trauma related conditions such as acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Patients treated at the clinic have typically been exposed to experiences such as abuse, violence or natural disaster.
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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