title: Training Pediatric Psychologists for Perinatal Behavioral Health Services in a Pediatric Hospital.
abstract: Although pediatric hospitals specialize in providing care to children and adolescents, at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), our team has been providing behavioral health services for two unique parent populations-parents with a child in the Newborn Infant Intensive Care Unit and pregnant women carrying fetuses with specific birth defects and receiving prenatal care in the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment. A new training program was developed to expand the scope of pediatric psychologists' practice to include perinatal behavioral health services, specifically for these two unique parent populations served at CHOP. The program includes direct service provision for adult mental health concerns, as well as education and support to help families cope with the existing medical conditions. This article describes the training program and its implementation as a model of training for other pediatric hospitals. The roles of psychologists embedded in these units and hospital privileges are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. rboyd@mail.med.upenn.edu.|Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. rboyd@mail.med.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: Rhonda C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Scharko
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.|Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Joanna C M
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.|Division of Neonatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Chavis A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.|Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Tami D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Benton
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.|Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.|Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Power
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010290:Parents; D011247:Pregnancy
keywords: Competencies; Pediatric hospital; Training