Topics: Child Psychiatry

I first met Christina when she was 14. She had been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder.

In the September 2010 issue of The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report, Dr. Fisher neatly explains the meaning of Number Needed to Treat (NNT) and Number Needed to Harm (NNH), which can be a shorthand way of assessing whether to prescribe or not, and then applies this to the question of SSRI antidepressants in pediatrics.

Use this chart to understand some of the most common learning and developmental disabilities.

Topics: Child Psychiatry

As the clinical director of the Institute for Learning and Academic Achievement, I evaluate children and teens for learning disabilities, developmental disabilities, and neuropsychological impairments, including ADHD. We work toward understanding the ways children learn and helping them pursue academic endeavors and overcome barriers that get in their ways.

Topics: Anxiety Disorder | Child Psychiatry

Studies of “treatment as usual” in outpatient child and adolescent psychiatry settings are hard to come by.