Behavioral and Mental Health Services
Norton Children’s Behavioral & Mental Health, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, provides mental health care for children ages 2 to 21. Children and their families have access to a multidisciplinary team of pediatric specialists who provide inpatient and outpatient mental health services.
In collaboration with providers at Norton Children’s Hospital, our team consults with specialists about medical needs that may be impacting a child’s mental health while hospitalized. This could include hematology/oncology or diabetes care, transplant services, organ failure and more.
Inpatient Mental Health Care Services
We offer inpatient care for children and teens facing a mental health emergency.
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Outpatient Mental Health Care Services
We offer outpatient mental health care services for children, teens and families for complex behavioral and mental health needs.
Skinny and unhealthy: Striving to be thin can put your life at risk
Even though anorexia nervosa can be life-threatening, adolescents with an eating disorder often feel being skinny makes them healthy, according to Brittany K. Badal, M.D., an adolescent medicine physician with Norton Children’s Medical Group – [...]
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More kids need help for anxiety and depression — how to know the signs
Knowing the signs of anxiety and depression in children has become even more important as the COVID-19 pandemic continues and more families have sought help for their children’s mental health over the past two years. […]
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Helping kids and adults who’ve experienced complex trauma
Complex trauma occurs when children are exposed to multiple, severe and pervasive traumatic events or experiences. Complex trauma includes profound abuse, neglect or ongoing exposure to violence, typically involving a primary caregiver. Traumatic experiences often […]
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Before COVID-19 and violence fears, Black youth suicide was a crisis
The suicide rate among Black youth had been rising faster than other groups for years before Black communities disproportionately were affected by COVID-19, and news of police violence increased awareness that youth of color may […]
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Kids may be feeling the pandemic stresses more than you realize — Here’s how to help them
There are ways to help children and teens with anxiety, stress and fear resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Kids may feel anxious even if they or their families haven’t had any direct exposure to the […]
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Skinny and unhealthy: Striving to be thin can put your life at risk
Even though anorexia nervosa can be life-threatening, adolescents with an eating disorder often feel being skinny makes them healthy, according to Brittany K. Badal, M.D., an adolescent medicine physician with Norton Children’s Medical Group – [...]
Read Full Story
More kids need help for anxiety and depression — how to know the signs
Knowing the signs of anxiety and depression in children has become even more important as the COVID-19 pandemic continues and more families have sought help for their children’s mental health over the past two years. […]
Read Full Story
Helping kids and adults who’ve experienced complex trauma
Complex trauma occurs when children are exposed to multiple, severe and pervasive traumatic events or experiences. Complex trauma includes profound abuse, neglect or ongoing exposure to violence, typically involving a primary caregiver. Traumatic experiences often […]
Read Full Story
Before COVID-19 and violence fears, Black youth suicide was a crisis
The suicide rate among Black youth had been rising faster than other groups for years before Black communities disproportionately were affected by COVID-19, and news of police violence increased awareness that youth of color may […]
Read Full Story
Kids may be feeling the pandemic stresses more than you realize — Here’s how to help them
There are ways to help children and teens with anxiety, stress and fear resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Kids may feel anxious even if they or their families haven’t had any direct exposure to the […]
Read Full Story
