Programs and Services:

• Outpatient diagnostic evaluations
• Individualized treatment involving psychotherapy, family therapy, group therapy and medication as indicated
• Psychological and Educational testing
• 50 Inpatient beds for evaluation and treatment
• Consultation Liaison services to the Children’s Hospital of Alabama and select services at UAB Hospital
• Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) fully accredited residency in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry since 1995

Accomplishments:

• Largest group of Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in the state
• Provides the largest range of child and adolescent psychiatry services in Alabama
• Liaison relationships with regional school systems
• ACGME fully accredited residency in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Affiliation with The Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Jefferson County School System, and the Family Court of Jefferson County

Features:

• Two year residency program with strong biopsychosocial focus, 8 residents total usually distributed 4 residents per year
• Diverse, large, multidisciplinary faculty acknowledged by UAB with the President's Diversity Award 2011, and by the Heersink School of Medicine with the Dean's Recognition for Diversity
• All clinical experiences on site on one city block in the midst of the UAB Medical Center
• Outpatient Clinics at both UAB Center for Psychiatric Medicine and Children's at Alabama
• 12 Child inpatient beds
• 38 Adolescent inpatient beds
• Consultation Liaison Services
• Strong affiliation with The Children’s Hospital of Alabama (on site)
• Strong affiliation with community schools and agencies and state agencies including The Family Court of Jefferson County,  and regional public school systems