Please note: Due to high demand for care, we are currently unable to take new referrals for outpatient psychiatry services. In the interim, we encourage health care providers to reach out to the Psychiatric Assistance Line (PAL).

Overview

The pediatric psychiatrists at Children’s Minnesota evaluate kids and adolescents who suffer from a variety of mental or behavioral health issues and provide medication management for those that need a prescription medication. To expand mental health services for kids, Children’s Minnesota opened an inpatient mental health unit at the St. Paul hospital in 2022. Learn more about the unit.

Conditions treated

• Behavioral problems including disruptive, defiant and oppositional behavior
• School problems including attention hyperactivity disorder or learning disorders
• Anxiety and fears
• Depression
• Mood disorders
• Psychiatric symptoms related to medical problems, developmental disorders, and treatment

Services offered

• Outpatient care, including psychiatric evaluation and on-going medical management, for children and adolescents
• Inpatient psychiatric consultation
• Inpatient evaluation and management of children and adolescents who may need psychiatric medication assessment, assessment and treatment of confusion, psychosis, and complex brain/behavior problems
• An inpatient mental health unit with 22 beds located at the Children’s Minnesota St. Paul hospital
• A partial hospitalization program (PHP) with clinics in Lakeville (for ages 13 to 18) and Roseville (for ages 6 to 18)
• Psychiatric evaluation and medication management (for children who are already patients of Children’s mental health, pediatric, or subspecialty clinics)

Related Specialty

• Eating disorders
• Psychology