Child & Adolescent Psychiatry- Ayati Centre- Services we offer
The consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist assesses and manages children and adolescents with emotional, behavioural, and learning problems. The speciality treats clients from birth to 20 years. Children with psychological stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, school refusal, inattention, hyperactivity, and autistic symptoms are seen and managed. Adolescents with aggressiveness, academic deterioration, screen addiction, self-harm and relationship issues are treated as well.
The assessments conducted include clinical child and adolescent psychiatry assessment, learning assessment, non-verbal intelligence assessment and licensed psychometric assessments: e.g., ADOS-2, 3Di.
The treatment strategies include supportive psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, behaviour therapy, brief psychodynamic therapy, brief solution-focused family therapy, child-parent dyadic psychotherapy and psychopharmacology.
Importance of the service provided in terms of the client/ families.
The child and adolescent psychiatrist is a member of the multi-disciplinary clinical team and provides life-changing and life-saving support in times of emotional and behavioural crisis.
Days/ time and venue of the clinic.
Tuesday 9 am How to get an appointment?
Referrals from clinicians attached to the Department of Disability Studies of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya would be seen and managed.
