Nationally ranked
Our pediatric and adolescent behavioral health program ranked among the nation’s top 50 in the 2024–2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals survey.
Patients gain more access to mental health services
Pediatric patients now have expanded access to mental health services and support through our Pediatric Integrated Behavioral Health Services and outpatient child psychiatry clinics. Mental health therapists are available in the Pediatric Medically Complex Clinic, LGBTQ+ Mental Health Clinic, Mood Disorder Clinic, Early Psychosis Clinic, and within the UC Davis MIND Institute and the UC Davis CAARE (Child and Adolescent Abuse Resource and Evaluation) Diagnostic and Treatment Center.
Expanding our child and adolescent psychiatrist workforce
UC Davis Health’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Training Program has increased recruitment to six fellows per year to address the workforce shortage and expand mental health services for pediatric patients.
TEAM program offers mental health consultation services for foster kids
The UC Davis Health TEAM program (Team approach with Empathy for Assessment and Management) is the first multidisciplinary consultation service for foster care children and adolescents with developmental disorders and comorbid psychiatric disorders. Contracted with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and led by Anu Gupta, M.D., and Olivia Briceño Contreras, PsyD, the TEAM presented at the 2023 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry annual meeting and at the Partnerships for Well-Being Institute Conference on the development and work of the program.
