child psychiatry
Americannoun
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the branch of psychiatry specializing in the treatment of children.
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psychiatric techniques used in therapy for children.
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Dr Asperger is known for his work in child psychiatry and identifying Asperger syndrome, a form of autism, in 1944 - however the term "autistic psychopathy" was used until 1981.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
To better manage these issues required a new subspecialty outside of general pediatrics and child psychiatry, one that has expertise in advocacy, expected and unexpected streams of development, learning and emotional health.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2023
There was a point in time where you literally couldn’t get a specialist in child psychiatry, or therapy of any kind, because everyone was taken up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
The study “couldn’t be more relevant to the current moment,’’ Dr. Joan Luby, a professor of child psychiatry at Washington University’s medical school.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
Dr. Minuchin studied child psychiatry in the United States with Dr. Nathan Ackerman, who later established what is now the Ackerman Institute for the Family in Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2017
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