Includes specialty programs: Addiction Services Program / Intensive Outpatient Program / Partial Hospitalization Program / Psychiatric Intake Response Center
While Akron Children’s Hospital continues to make every effort to ensure the safety of our patients, families, and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, please be aware we will be phone screening all patients with upcoming appointments for COVID-19. The legal guardian of those patients will receive a phone screening. Screening questions are tools designed to prevent the spread of infection and keep people safe. Parents and guardians should accompany patients to the front entrance screening area.
Lois and John Orr Family Behavioral Health Center
We specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of emotional or behavioral disorders affecting children, teens and their families. Our mental health services include medication management, educational consultation and testing, psychological testing, individual therapy and family counseling.
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At Akron Children’s, we’re dedicated to protecting, preserving and enriching every moment in your child’s life – from birth to graduation day.
We have advanced training in helping children and teens with emotional, behavioral and developmental disorders. We offer outpatient consultation to children and adolescents dealing with the stress of a chronic medical condition, anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. We also provide consultation for children admitted for medical and/or surgical care who may also be experiencing emotional or mental health issues, and offer inpatient services on our Akron campus.
If your child or teen is experiencing a mental health crisis, our behavioral health emergency services, located within Akron Children's Hospital's emergency departments, is dedicated to evaluating and treating children and teens who present to our emergency rooms with mental and behavioral problems.
Conditions that may lead to a referral to pediatric psychiatry/psychology include developmental or emotional problems, traumatic stress, sexual or physical abuse, psychological components of physical illness, learning problems, changes in dietary habits or suicidal concerns.
Locations
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Akron Children's Hospital Intensive Outpatient Program, Akron
Considine Professional Building
215 West Bowery Street
Level 2
Akron, Ohio 44308
Fax: 330-543-3856
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Akron Children's Hospital Partial Hospitalization Program, Akron
Considine Professional Building
215 West Bowery Street
Level 2
Akron, Ohio 44308
Fax: 330-543-3856
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Akron Children's Hospital Pediatric Psychiatry & Psychology, Akron
Considine Professional Building
215 West Bowery Street
Level 2
Akron, Ohio 44308
Fax: 330-543-3856
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Akron Children's Hospital Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology, Boardman
Teegan Kamzelski Building
6614 Southern Boulevard
Building E
Boardman, Ohio 44512
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Our Doctors/Providers
Director, Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology; The Lois C. Orr Endowed Chair in Pediatric Psychiatry
Sumru Bilge-Johnson, MD
Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program; Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Charles Brown, DO
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Laura Markley, MD
Medical Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry; Community Pediatrics Liaison; Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; General Pediatrician - Adolescent Medicine
Accepting New Patients
Rihab Mohamed, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Medical Director, Partial Hospitalization Program
Susan Neilan, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Jason Spivey, Sr., MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Tiffany Thomas-Lakia, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Chelsea Weyand, PsyD, ABPP
Director, Pediatric Psychology Fellowship Program; Pediatric Psychologist
Kristine Rufenacht, LISW-S
Mental Health Therapist
Rori Schneller, LISW, CDCA
Mental Health Therapist
Specialty Programs
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What Should Families Expect When They Come for an Appointment?
At Akron Children’s, your child’s health and safety is our priority. Please continue to bring your child for wellness visits, vaccinations or sick care appointments that keep children healthy. We want to assure you that we have taken additional precautions to ensure a safe environment for your child and family. The following are additional safety efforts, in addition to our normal cleaning protocols, that we are taking to help you be comfortable bringing your child to an appointment.
Masking and Other Safety Protocols
Akron Children’s has a number of safety protocols in place for our patients and visitors in order to provide a safe hospital environment.
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Patient & Parent Resources
- 20% of Teens Have Mental Illness; Only 20% Seek Help
- 5 Ways to Beat the Stress of Competition
- 5 Ways to Help Kids Deal with Stress
- Explaining Scary News to Kids
- 99 Healthy Coping Skills
- Having Open and Meaningful Conversations with Kids and Teens
- TikTok Trends: Keeping Kids Safe
- Encouraging Words for Kids
- Ways to Help Build Resilience in Kids
- Words of Empowerment for Family Caregivers
- Every Day is Suicide Prevention Day
- Feelings and Coping Skills Puzzles
- Mental Health Book Recommendations
- Recommended Mental Health Apps
- Store It Safe -- Prevent Suicide
- The Trevor Project - information & support to LGBTQ + young people 24/7
- In crisis? Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor 24/7
- Feeling depressed? Text CONNECT for free 24/7 help
- Let's Talk Feeling Catcher
Some of the Conditions We Treat...
Anorexia Nervosa, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Self Injury, ADHD, Anxiety, Asperger Syndrome, Binge Eating Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Dysthymia, Eating Disorders, Female Athlete Triad, Phobia, Pica, trichotillomania, psychology, psychiatry
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