Pediatric Psychiatry
at Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia

Comprehensive Support for Children’s Mental Health Needs

At Wellstar Children’s Hospital of Georgia our pediatric psychiatrists are dedicated to supporting the mental and emotional well-being of children and their families. With comprehensive pediatric clinical expertise—and years of experience working with children—our team provides compassionate care based on your child’s individual growth patterns and specific level of development.

Thanks to our exclusive partnership with Medical College of Georgia, Wellstar Children’s is an academic medical center—the only in the region. We practice a multidisciplinary team approach, with a robust research and clinical trials program to continue to develop more effective treatments. When you choose us for your child’s psychiatric care, you can trust that a dedicated team of experts is behind you every step of the way.
 

Our services

Our pediatric psychiatry team at Wellstar Children’s includes child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists, as well as specialists in eating disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism. We are also supported by social workers, recreational therapists and registered dietitians. Families across the CSRA come to us for:

• Family assessments, consultations, therapy and medication management
• Outpatient care for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders
• Multidisciplinary outpatient ADHD program for children whose ADHD is difficult to treat
• Medication and behavioral management for patients with autism
• Patient- and family-centered care, which promotes a collaborative partnership between healthcare providers, patients and families
• Child Life Specialists, who help pediatric patients understand and cope with illness in a way that is developmentally appropriate
• All the resources of the region’s only academic medical center

 

Conditions we treat

We offer a range of outpatient services for children and young adults with emotional and behavioral disorders such as:

• Depression
• ADHD
• Eating disorders
• Autism and autism spectrum disorder
• Early schizophrenia or bipolar disorder
• Oppositional defiant disorder
• Disruptive behavior disorders
• Trauma related disorders
• Dual diagnoses