Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics for Children

Program Description:  An outpatient psychiatric clinic for children is a community-based children’s mental health facility that provides behavioral health services to children, adolescents and their families. These services are designed to do the following:

• promote mental health and improve functioning, and
• effectively decrease the prevalence and incidence of mental illness, emotional disturbance and social dysfunction.

A multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, Mater’s level clinicians and other behavioral health professionals provide diagnostic and treatment services.

Target Population:  Children and adolescents under 18 years of age who experience a psychiatric disorder and their families are eligible to receive an array of comprehensive services that address and/or support their physical, emotional, developmental, social and educational needs.

Providers:  Please follow this link to the Outpatient Clinics for Children.  Call the clinic nearest to the town where assistance is needed to locate the appropriate facility.