Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Department
Bonnie Siegel Weisenberg, LCSW-R Program Director
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outpatient Department at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s provides a wide range of mental health treatment options to children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, developmental, and learning problems. By working closely with schools and community agencies to insure coordinated care and provide advocacy and consultation services, the Outpatient Department can supplement clinic-bound therapeutic interventions with more comprehensive services as needed.
Parent-Infant Center The Parent-Infant Center (PIC) is a prevention and treatment program that provides trauma-focused multidisciplinary assessment and psychotherapeutic services for pregnant women, caregivers (adolescents and adults) and their Wendie Klapper, PhD children (ages 0-5). The primary goal of PIC is to facilitate the development of a healthy attachment between caregivers and their young children using evidence-based Child-Parent Psychotherapy. Through the Home- and Community-Based Parent-Infant Center Project, PIC provides home-based individual psychotherapy during pregnancy and dyadic therapy subsequent to the birth of the child. PIC also administers developmental screenings every six months to facilitate referrals to Early Intervention and the Committee on Preschool Special Education and works collaboratively with foster care agencies, schools, social services agencies and other community-based programs.
Neuropsychological and Learning Disorders Evaluation Service The Neuropsychological and Learning Disorders Evaluation Service at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s provides comprehensive Preetika Mukherjee, PhD neuropsychological evaluations to children and teenagers. These evaluations include detailed and specific assessments of neurocognitive abilities, including language functions, sensory-perceptual functions, spatial and motor functions, attention and higher order executive functions. Assessments also provide an in-depth evaluation of a child’s psychological status and their academic skills.
Aykut Ozden, MD Medical Director
Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Clinic The Pediatric Neuropsychiatry Clinic provides comprehensive and multidisciplinary assessments and medication management for children (ages 0-18) with developmental disabilities such Zinoviy Gutkovich, MD as autism spectrum disorder and/ or intellectual disability, and a full range of emotional or behavioral disturbances. The emphasis is on long-term follow-up and continuous re-assessment of treatment strategies for developmentally disabled and psychiatrically disturbed children. The clinic also provides specialized consultation on pediatric psychopharmacology to local psychiatrists, community agencies, and residential schools.
Crisis Clinic The Crisis Clinic treats patients who are being referred from the area emergency departments, pediatric clinics, school-based mental health clinics, and inpatient units. The Clinic serves as a stepdown from inpatient care and as a Phintso Bhutia, MD, MPH bridge for patients with emergent psychiatric needs until longer term care is available. Patients receive complete psychiatric evaluations with psycho-education and supportive therapy for families. Cases are followed for one to six visits before a referral to a higher or lower level of care is made.
Outpatient Clinical Services for Children and Adolescents
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