Psychiatry

  

Our staff are specialists in psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders that affect  children and adolescents, with a special focus on patients who are hospitalized or chronically ill.

Our board-certified pediatric psychiatrists diagnose psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders of:  

  • Behavior
  • Mood
  • Thought
  • Symptoms related to an underlying medical condition or trauma

PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTATION-LIAISON SERVICE

The Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service addresses special emotional and behavioral problems of hospitalized or chronically ill children and adolescents. 

OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES

Our experienced pediatric psychiatrists also are available to provide outpatient psychiatric evaluation and therapy for a variety of psychiatric disorders, including:   

  • Attention Deficit Disorders (ADHD)
  • Depression and other mood disorders
  • Disruptive behavior disorders
  • Eating disorders
  • Psychosomatic and somatoform disorders
  • Psychotic disorders
  • Stress-related disorders
  • Trauma-related disorders
  • Other psychiatric disorders first evidenced in infancy, childhood and adolescence



 

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Division of Psychiatry
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd., MS #82
Los Angeles, CA  90027

323-361-2471

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Doctor Susan Turkel, Division Chief of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

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          Susan Turkel, MD

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