Massachusetts General Hospital | Psychiatry

Conditions we treat

With more than 15,000 patient visits a year, we are one of New England's busiest outpatient programs specializing in child and adolescent mental health.

Part of a world-class academic medical center, our program focuses on children and adolescents, though we often care for these patients well into adulthood. The most common conditions we treat include:

As leaders in the field, we develop treatment approaches that shape standards of care around the world. The wide range of psychological and medical treatments available through our program includes:

• Behavioral medicine
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy
• Consultation
• Medications
• Psychodynamic psychotherapy

Mass General also offers specialty clinical services through the following programs, which are directly affiliated with Outpatient Child/Adolescent Psychiatry Services:

Expertise Spanning an Array of Specialties

Bruce Masek, PhD, has served as clinical director of our program since 2001. His clinical and research efforts center on developing behavioral interventions for children with chronic medical illness. In addition, he:

• Founded the pediatric behavioral medicine program at Mass General
• Co-founded the Pain Treatment Service at Children's Hospital Boston
• Was instrumental in launching the Pediatric Pain Treatment and Palliative Care Service at MassGeneral Hospital for Children

Dr. Masek heads a team of over 20 child psychiatrists and over a dozen child clinical psychologists. Many are known as leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of various mental health disorders in children and adolescents. Their collective expertise spans an array of specialties, such as bipolar, anxiety, attention-deficit hyperactivity, obsessive-compulsive and depressive disorders, as well as coping with medical illnesses.

Many of our clinicians also are actively engaged in research that enhances patient care through the development of new therapies or improvement of existing therapies.