Mentally Handicapped Specialties

[tiger93]

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[235788]

psych

 

[Catalystik]

If you complete a Family Practice or Pediatric residency you can provide longitudinal care for your own patients with those issues, or after completing a Pediatric residency, you can then do a fellowship in Genetics and have patients from your special interest group referred to you from other docs for ongoing management. Orthopods manage some physicial disabilities as consultants.

 

[theseeker4]

Hello everyone. I was just wondering if anyone would have any input on what types of specialties a physician can go into that involve working with mentally and physically disabled children. This is an area that I have been interested in, and I've been doing some research on various potential medical fields to suit this interest. Any information would be greatly appreciated!

Anything related to peds would provide the option of doing so (whether or not that patient population would be your entire practice.) General pediatrics, ped psych, ped surgery, etc. would all deal with mentally and physically disabled children.

 

[SpecterGT260]

I expected this to be about which specialties could someone with mental handicaps go in to.....

 

[tryp]

Here you would probably do a pediatrics residency with a fellowship in developmental pediatrics. I'm not sure if developmental pediatrics is a thing in the US.

 

[LizzyM]

Flipping it around, a colleague of mine had a disabled son. She told me her son was treated in just about every single department in the local children's hospital. So, go into pediatrics and you will see children with mental and physical disabilities.

 

[K31]

Peds neuro

Pediatrics and subspecialties, particularly developmental-behavioral pediatrics and neurodevelopmental disabilities

PM&R and pediatric rehabilitation medicine