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Pediatric Psychiatry at Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford

Stanford University, USA

Hans Steiner

Stanford University, USA

This article describes the historical evolution of the Comprehensive Pediatric Care Unit (CPCU), a pediatric psychiatry inpatient service at Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. The CPCU developed initially as an inpatient treatment program for children with a variety of somatoform disorders, but has evolved to become the interconnecting link for pediatric consultation and a flexible resource for intensive treatment needs of a wide range of children and adolescents with combined medical and psychiatric problems.

Key Words: consultation–liaison psychiatry • hospital treatment • pediatric psychiatry

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