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.



Highlighted news from the Child Psychiatry department:

VT Digger Features Schlozman’s Advice on Kids’ Election Stress

November 3, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(NOVEMBER 3, 2024) In a VT Digger article on helping kids navigate election stress, Steven Schlozman, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, shared advice for parents.

Steven Schlozman, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, chief of child psychiatry at the UVM Children’s Hospital, and director of the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families

(NOVEMBER 3, 2024) In a VT Digger article on helping kids navigate election stress, Steven Schlozman, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, chief of child psychiatry at the UVM Children’s Hospital, and director of the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families, shared advice for parents.

“Any time they start talking about someone with whom they don’t agree as being less than them, you want to step in, not in a scolding way but in a thoughtful way and say, ‘Wait, let’s try to put our feet in the other person’s shoes,’” said Schlozman. “You want to understand how they got there, and that creates empathy.”

He added, “Teenagers want to debate, they’re coming of age, they’re figuring out what they think about the world and the way to get there is by having a debate. If we can’t engage around these issues in a civil way, that’s a terrible lesson to show kids.”

He also recommended that parents keep emotions in check when discussing politics with their children, as children are more likely to absorb an emotional response rather than engage in a civil discussion.

Read full story at VT Digger