Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is the branch of medicine that carries out the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and prevention processes of mental illness and emotional problems in children and adolescents. Its other name is Pediatric Psychiatry.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists (Pediatric Psychiatrists) Provide counseling services to parents by helping children or adolescents gain and maintain physical, mental and emotional health.

The main problems of Pediatric Psychiatrists are;

• Developmental Disorders
• autism spectrum disorder
• Asperger's syndrome
• Learning disorders (dyslexia)
• Attention and Behavioral Disorders
• attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• conduct disorder
• Psychotic Disorders
• childhood schizophrenia
• Mood Disorders
• major depressive disorder
• Bipolar disorder
• Persistent Depressive Disorder
• Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
• Anxiety Disorders
• Panic attack
• phobias
• Sleep disorders (insomnia, parasomnia)
• Eating disorders
• anorexia nervosa
• bulimia nervosa
• Gender Identity Disorder
• Gender identity disorder in children.