The Institute of Living's Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic is dedicated to promoting and restoring the mental health needs of the young people of the Hartford area and their families.
Established in 1954, the clinic has a long tradition of service to the Hartford area community. The operating costs of the clinic are provided in collaboration with Hartford Hospital and the Department of Children and Families through the Child Guidance Clinic Grant.
Clinical Services Include
- Assessment
- Individual Psychotherapy and Case Management
- Group Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Medication Clinic
- Substance Abuse Consultation
- Multifamily Groups
- Outreach Services
- Bilingual / Bicultural Services
- Braceland Youth Clinic
Eligibility
The clinic provides mental health services to children and adolescents up to the age of 18, as well as their families. The clinic accepts Medicaid and commercial insurance. Our catchment area for Medicaid patients includes Hartford, West Hartford, Newington, Rocky Hill, and Wethersfield.
Medication Clinic
Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists are available to prescribe and monitor ongoing psychiatric medications. Through our teaching clinic, child and adolescent psychiatry fellows also offer medication management, supervised by attending child and adolescent psychiatrists. Treatment in our medication clinic requires an initial diagnostic evaluation and at least monthly participation with a mental health clinician (clinical social worker, licensed professional counselor, licensed marriage and family therapist, advanced practice registered nurse, or psychologist). Individual therapy and family therapy may also be available with one of our child and adolescent psychiatry fellows, under the supervision of an attending psychiatrist or another mental health clinician.
Assessment, Consultation, and Treatment
- Developmental Issues of Childhood and Adolescence
- Depression
- Mood and Anxiety Disorders
- Relational Difficulties
- Problems Coping with Life Transitions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Attachment Disorders
- Family Violence
- Neuropsychotic Disorders
- Eating Disturbances
- Parenting Issues
Referrals