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Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Our role
The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry evaluates, orients and treats the psychopathological situations of infants, children, adolescents and young people transitioning to adulthood, in cooperation with their family and support network (doctors, schools, social partners, judicial representatives, youth workers, etc.). The team acts both at an early stage to prevent disorders and in diagnosis as well as in crisis or more complex situations.
Our approach is interdisciplinary, embracing biological, psychological and social aspects in a way that takes into account the various dimensions of the patient and patient’s family: somatic, psychological, environmental, social and cultural.
Our specialities
The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychology coordinates a number of units, each with specific expertise.
- A consultations unit is coupled with an intensive outpatient unit to evaluate and provide early care for psychopathological disorders with a specific programme:
- Patients of transitional age (16-23) with Ultra High Risk (UHR) of developing a psychopathology: evaluation, orientation, care
- Eating disorders: intensive outpatient care pre- and post-hospitalisation for young people (13-20) and their family (FBT and MFT).
- The hospitalisation unit for adolescents cares for young people aged between 13 and 18 with severe psychological problems who require care in a day/night unit. It is also specialised in caring for young people with a severe eating disorder.
- The Perinatology Clinic participates in the interdisciplinary NATUS project that brings together obstetricians, neonatologists, psychiatrists, paediatricians and paramedical staff.
- The 24/7 emergency unit for children and adolescents is located at the Laeken site.
Our team
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