Our Mission:

Through the use of health promotion, prevention, and intelligent intervention we strive to use the Family Based Approach with a long term goal of helping the well remain illness free, preventing at risk children from developing psychiatric illness and intervening comprehensively on behalf of the children and families challenged by emotional or behavioral disorders.

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Director, Steven Schlozman, MD

 

 

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Education

As a department, we are immersed in education at every learner level. Our faculty teach at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels, at the Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont and within the Psychiatry Residency and Child Psychiatry fellowship. We play a key role in educating those interested in taking care of children and families.

 

 

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Patient Care

Providers at the Pediatric Psychiatry Clinic promote the Vermont Family Based Approach (VFBA) to best take care of our patients and their families. With our proximity to the community, we strive to make partnerships and support community members working with children and families across Vermont and upstate New York. Our providers also participate in the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Psychology Consult Service (CAPPCON) at the University of Vermont Medical Center, and the Vermont Child Psychiatry Access Program.

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Research

Our research aims focus on improving the health and wellbeing of the developing child. Faculty research programs include child dysregulation and irritability and the risk and resilience of children and adolescents. We partner with the Research Center for Children, Youth, and Families (RCCYF), the Vermont Child Health Improvement Program (VCHIP), and the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU). Within the research community, we also partner with individual investigators that align with our research focuses.

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Highlighted news from the Child Psychiatry department:

Schlozman Discusses Impact of National Political Climate on Youth Mental Health with WCAX

September 19, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(SEPTEMBER 19, 2024) UVM child psychiatrist Steven Schlozman, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, was interviewed by WCAX-TV for a story about how the national political climate impacts youth mental health.

UVM child psychiatrist Steven Schlozman, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry

(SEPTEMBER 19, 2024) UVM child psychiatrist Steven Schlozman, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, was interviewed by WCAX-TV for a story about how the national political climate impacts youth mental health.

Researchers at the University of Vermont are trying to understand whether kids feel the stress of a polarizing election year, and what to do about it. From ages 6 to 26, Schlozman says patients of all ages are bringing up politics. “They’re really just tired of this heightened temperature of arguing that’s happening,” Schlozman said.

The impact of these types of conversations and political sectarianism—or prejudice between groups—has been widely linked to increased stress, anxiety and depression among adults. However, data on the effect on kids is scarce. That’s why Schlozman, along with Political Science Professor Ellen Andersen and other UVM staff, are taking a closer look.

Read full story at WCAX-TV