Specialty Designation
Fellowship
Specialty Code
405
Type
Specialty
Specialty Description

The child and adolescent psychiatrist has additional training in the diagnosis and treatment of developmental, behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders of childhood and adolescence.

Completing training
464
With known plans
376
Pursuing more training
50
Practicing in the US
158
Group practice
54
In same specialty
137
In same state as program
77
In NHSC or similar underserved area
3
Academician
156
Full-time
146
Military
2
Non-medical career/left country
8
Unemployed
2
Academic year
2022
Number of accredited programs
152
Length of accredited training
2
Minimum number of prior years required
3
Offers graduate year 1 positions, available immediately upon medical school completion
No
Average number of PY1 interviews
22.10
Percent of programs requiring Step 1 score for interview
94.00
Percent of programs requiring Level 1 score (for DOs) for interview
83.50
Total number of active residents/fellows
908.00
Average number of residents/fellows
5.90
Average percent female
58.10
Average percent international medical graduates
26.80
Average percent DOs
21.10
Average number of full-time physician faculty
10.80
Average number of part-time physician faculty
1.70
Average percent female full-time physician faculty
55.20
Average ratio of full-time physician faculty to resident/fellow
2.00
Average hours on duty per week
45.70
Average maximum consecutive hours on duty
14.90
Average days off duty per week
1.80
Average percent of training in hospital outpatient clinics
27.80
Average percent of training in non-hospital ambulatory care community settings
20.10
Average number of days of vacation
19.10
Average resident/fellow compensation
68613.13
Parent Specialties
Psychiatry
Specialty Overview

What is a child and adolescent psychiatrist?

The child and adolescent psychiatrist has additional training in the diagnosis and treatment of developmental, behavioral, emotional, and mental disorders of childhood and adolescence.

What does a child and adolescent psychiatrist do?

Child and adolescent psychiatry is a medical subspecialty that involves working with children, adolescents and their families with emotional and behavioral illnesses.

Child and adolescent psychiatry:

  • Uses a knowledge of neurological, biological, psychological and social factors to treat patientsImage removed.

  • Offers a stimulating and rapidly evolving field

  • Provides opportunities for prevention and early intervention to improve quality of life

Child and adolescent psychiatrists spend meaningful time with patients, have the ability to make a major difference in children’s lives and:

  • Combine art and science to treat their patients' emotional, behavioral and psychical illnesses

  • Establish long-term relationships with patients and their family members

  • Fulfill the tremendous need for more child and adolescent psychiatrists

The field offers diverse and flexible practice options with outstanding job opportunities and remuneration including:

  • Private practice in solo or group settings

  • Research and teaching

  • Consultation to schools, hospitals, courts or other agencies

  • Advocacy for child mental health and public policy

The field offers flexibility of work hours with a lifestyle that can be tailored to career as well as family, such as:

  • Opportunities for part-time work

  • Excellent job-family balance

  • Top number of job offers per resident on graduation

  • Highly competitive salaries

  • Worldwide geographic opportunities

Related Training

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Subspecialty/Fellowship Training

To become a child and adolescent psychiatrist, residents complete three or four years of general psychiatry residency training (including internship), plus two years of child and adolescent psychiatry training. For integrated programs, Residents complete five years of training in general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry at the same time.

Training programs are also available for those interested in both pediatrics and child and adolescent psychiatry.

Association

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
3615 Wisconsin Ave. N.W.  
Washington, DC 20016
aacap.org

Grad Year
2022