Pivotal response treatment is a behavioral treatment for autism that uses play to teach and reinforce new, pro-social behavior. Learn about this treatment.
A type of psychotherapy--or talk therapy--that is used to treat people with mental health conditions that involve problems in regulating emotions.
Children may benefit from mental health medications, which may be helpful in treating autism, obsessive compulsive disorder or depression. Learn more about these treatments.
Angry feelings often bubble into outbursts for children and teens. Parents may wonder whether their child's behavior is normal; Yale Medicine can help.
A psychological assessment of a child involves a series of interviews and tests to evaluate a child's strengths and weaknesses across many areas.
Deep Brain Stimulation may be helpful for treating essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease, among others.
A pediatric sleep study is an evaluation that analyzes a child's sleeping habits in the controlled setting of a sleep lab.
Genetic evaluation and counseling involves a consultation that provides an individual's risk of acquiring inheritable conditions. Learn more about this service.
Conduct disorder is a mental health condition in children in adolescents marked by serious aggressive and antisocial behaviors.
Telomeres, which cap the ends of human chromosomes, may hold the key to understanding how humans age and develop diseases.