What is a paidopsychiatrist
What is a paidopsychiatrist?
Paidopsychiatrist or psychiatrist of children and adolescents, is a doctor who has conducted medical studies and 2 postgraduate, one in general psychiatry and another in child psychiatry and adolescence. The work area of it is the diagnosis and treatment of the deviations of normal development in various areas, such as superior brain functions, emotions and behavior that affect children, adolescents and their families.
A psychiatrist of children and adolescents offers to the families of the patients, the advantages of having acquired a medical education, the medical principles of professional ethics and the responsibility of providing comprehensive care in the cases that attends.
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Medical practice
Paidopsychiatrist makes use of your medical (biological) and psychological knowledge, as well as family, school, cultural and social factors when working with your patients.
Before a patient, he carries out a complete diagnostic assessment taking into account genetic, physical, development, emotional, cognitive, educational, family, peers and social aspects without losing sight of the individual's adaptive capacity In those areas.
By having a diagnostic formulation, he shares it with the patient and his family and designs a comprehensive treatment plan, which may include various components, such as: psychoeducation, patient orientation and his family, diverse therapies that include from therapy psychomotor or psychopedagogical support, to individual and / or family psychotherapy; In severe cases, he is trained to prescribe medications.
The psychiatrist of children and adolescents provides interconsults in pediatric hospital media, psychiatric hospitals and general hospitals, as well as providing advice in schools and courts before specific situations. She is the specialist doctor who will advocate for the best interests of children and adolescents in schools, juvenile courts, tutelary advice and other community organizations.
Professional preparation
The psychiatrist of children and adolescents should take the studies of surgeon's doctor for 6 or 7 years, later he will perform 4 years of postgraduate by in general psychiatry and 2 more in psychiatry of children and adolescents, such studies are endorsed by a university educational institution. During the years of training in general psychiatry, the doctor manages to train in the basics of the theory and practice of psychiatry. During training in children and adolescent psychiatry, the doctor acquires extensive knowledge about the normal development of the child and family, psychopathology and treatment.
What kind of sufferings does the potopsychiatrist attends?
Neurodevelopment disorders such as: attention deficit disorder, language, motor coordination, learning and autistic spectrum; intellectual disability; Emotional disorders such as child depression and bipolar disorder; Anxiety disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, reactions to acute stress, obsessive compulsive disorder, challenging opositional disorder and other behavioral problems, disposal disorders such as enuresis and encopresis; Eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia among others, abuse and dependence on drugs and starting psychosis in childhood and adolescence, without forgetting problems such as cutting, bullying, and problems in school, family and social interaction and adaptation among others .
