Is developmental/behavioral pediatrics a form of mental health service?

DBPediatrics: Dbpediatrics was first recognized with a board certification in 2002 by the american board of pediatrics. It is an offshoot of general pediatrics & certification require a 2 yr fellowship after 3 years of general pediatrics residency.The coarse content includes much of the medical & psycho-behavioral issues that impair normal development. Some of the problems treated are coded as mental health.

Yes: If your child has a developmental, learning, or behavioral problem, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician has the training and expertise to evaluate and care for your child. Developmental-behavioral pediatricians possess training and experience to consider, in their assessments and treatments, the medical and psychosocial aspects of children’s developmental and behavioral problems.

Sort of: Sort of. This subspecialty helps evalute the problem, hopefully identify the cause and recommend the appropriate therapy for delys in development , both physically and mentally. Thus there can be a component of mental health.

Yes: Developmental/behavioral pediatrician specialize in children's mental health, with emphasis on behavioral issues such as ADHD.

Development Pediatri: Developmental Pediatrics deals with normal development problems and of course needs by default to deal with the related abnormal development ( which sometimes includes mental problems causing the development delay)

From your mouth to: health insurance companies' ears! We manage behavioral health issues in infants, children & teens who have a wide variety of genetic & other medical conditions that cause harmful dysfunction in development/academics, behavior & peer interaction, after assessing genetic, biological & environmental factors. We do not manage childhood Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia or Major Depression.

No it is not: No it is not a mental Health Service Developmental&Behavior Pediatricians are trained to assess and treat medical and Psychological aspects of children's and adolescent developmental and behavior problems They are speciality trained in their speciality after finishing 3 years of General Pediatric Residency

Developmental peds: Where I work in New York, developemental peds is its own specialty in pediatrics removed from psychiatry so is not considered a mental health service