There are three main fields in child and adolescent psychiatrists work:
- Learning disabilities
- Neurodevelopmental disorders (including ADHD)
- General child and adolescent difficulties
However, there are often cross-overs between the fields. The sort of difficulties that we can help with might include:
- Anger & Aggression
- Anxiety and Stress
- Behavioural Problems
- Bereavement
- Bullying
- Depression
- Early Years Issues
- Eating Problems (although see below for exceptions)
- Family Support
- Fear and Phobias
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Psychosis
- School Problems
- Contribution to Special Educational Needs Assessments (SENs)
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm (although see below for exceptions)
As well as ADHD, neurodevelopmental disorders include:
- Tic Disorders / Tourette’s syndrome
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder (this includes Autism and what used to be called Asperger’s Disorder)