Mental Health Resources

Now more than ever, mental health problems are confronting primary care pediatricians and specialists alike. The following are resources designed to assist in the care of patients with possible mental health concerns.

This section has been outlined, organized and conceived by Drs. Evelyn Berger and Trish Gallagher.


REFERRAL SERVICES information
1. Within CHONY
2. External Mental Health Referral Information

• General mental health centers (PDF)
• Educational testing centers (PDF)


3. Helpful websites for mental health referral information

• http://www.latortuga.com/resources

DIAGNOSTIC AND SCREENING TOOLS

• American Academy of Child and Adol. Psychiatry
• Adjustment Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
--Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
--Panic Disorder
--Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Eating Disorders
• Elimination Disorders
• Learning Disorders
--Disorder of Written Expression
--Mathematics Disorder
--Reading Disorder
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Parenting Issues
• Psychotic Disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Somatoform Disorders
--Hypochondriasis
--Pain Disorder
--Somatization Disorder
• Substance Abuse Disorders
• Tic Disorders
--Chronic Motor/Vocal Tic Disorder
--Tourette's Disorder
--Transient Tic Disorder