The Department of Child Psychiatry provides education and patient care through the Child Psychiatry Consultation Service.

This service offers psychiatric evaluation and treatment for children hospitalized for medical and surgical care; psychiatric consultation for patients seen in the emergency room; a teaching service to pediatric residents, medical students and child psychiatry fellows; and programs of research in child psychiatry and behavioral pediatrics.

Pediatric residents may take an elective in child psychiatry in the PL-2 or PL-3 year. During this rotation, they receive training in psychiatric and behavioral evaluation of pediatric patients, as well as an introduction to psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. Residents provide consultation to admitting services under the supervision of the attending psychiatrist.