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Physical Address: Telephone: (205) 934-7008 Press Option 1, Residency Director: Lee I. Ascherman, M.D., MPH Associate Residency |
Mission:
- To provide excellence in clinical care, education and training, and research in the field of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- To serve as a community and regional resource advocating for the needs of children and adolescents
Programs and Services:
- Outpatient diagnostic evaluations
- Individualized treatment involving psychotherapy, family therapy, group therapy and medication as indicated
- Psychological and Educational testing
- 45 Inpatient beds for evaluation and treatment
- Engel Day Treatment Program providing integrated longer term education and treatment of children and adolescents
- Consultation Liaison services to the Children’s Hospital of Alabama
- Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) fully accredited residency in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Accomplishments:
- Largest group of Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in the state
- Provides the largest range of child and adolescent psychiatry services in Alabama
- Liaison relationships with regional school systems and State of Alabama Youth Services for Children and Adolescents
- ACGME fully accredited training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Affiliation with The Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Jefferson County schools, the Family Court of Jefferson County, Sparks-Civitan Center, and Glenwood Mental Health Services, Inc.
- Engel School provides a nationally unique longer term setting for the integration of educational and treatment needs of children and adolescents.
Features:
- Two year residency program with strong biopsychosocial focus, 6 residents total usually distributed 3 residents per year
- Diverse, large, multidisciplinary faculty
- All clinical experiences on site on one city block in the midst of the UAB Medical Center
- Outpatient Clinics
- 9 Child inpatient beds
- 16 Adolescent inpatient beds
- Day Treatment (long term) Therapeutic School Preschool through High School
- Consultation Liaison Services
- Strong affiliation with The Children’s Hospital of Alabama (on site)
- Strong affiliation with community schools and agencies and state agencies including The Family Court of Jefferson County, the UAB Sparks Development Clinic, and the public school systems
