The mission of the Center for Developmental Behavioral Health at Kennedy Krieger Institute is to improve the lives of young people with mental health concerns, including those with co-occurring developmental challenges and medical complexities. Our program brings together psychiatry, psychology, social work, neurology and nursing to provide evidence-based interdisciplinary care that is patient and family centered. We also conduct research, train clinicians, educate and advocate to serve the broader community.
Meet Our Team
An interdisciplinary service line of experienced professionals in child and adolescent psychiatry, psychology, social work, and nursing working together to provide team-based, patient and family centered care and improve the lives of young people with developmental problems and disorders of emotion, thinking and behavior.
Our Services
We offer services in the areas of developmental psychiatry, neuropsychiatry and medical psychiatry. In addition, our programs sees patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Tourette syndrome and related concerns.
News & Resources
If your child has mental health issues, you likely have many questions. We have collected an assortment of information that may be helpful for self-education. Our subject-matter experts have also spoken to the media about current mental health trends.
Training Opportunities
The Center for Developmental Behavioral Health offers a training programs in psychology, psychiatric social work, nursing and child and adolescent psychiatry that strongly support and encourage the use of evidence-based and evidence-informed practice within our interdisciplinary clinical setting. These advanced training experiences provide a strong foundation for students at all levels in clinical assessment, treatment and research. Students are expected to be entering their third year or above of an APA approved doctoral psychology program.
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