Endocrinology (General, Diabetes and Weight Management Clinics and the Gender and Sexual Development Program)

Behavioral health in the Pediatric Endocrinology Division supports efforts to encourage healthy lifestyles and metabolic control.

Endocrine clinics at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh that provide behavioral health services include:

• Endocrinology and diabetes
• Weight management
• Gender and sexual development

If a patient or family member displays behaviors or emotions that negatively affect the patient’s physical or emotional wellbeing, we will request behavioral health services.

Endocrine Clinic Behavioral Health Sessions

Behavioral health sessions provide psychological therapies that address issues contrary to best practice recommendations of the endocrine team.

Topics our behavioral health clinicians address include:

Psychological therapy within the endocrine clinics consists mostly of:

Behavioral Health Treatment Plan in the Endocrine Clinic

Behavioral health assessments and treatment plans in the endocrine clinic consists of:

• Identification of target behavior, diagnosis, and best practice treatment to improve mood and decrease behavioral disturbance.
• Treatment adherence skill set and distress tolerance goals to improve behavior, mood, and metabolic health.
• Evaluations for dangerous or unsafe behavior, access to firearms, smoking in the home, and abuse history.
• Psychopharmacology consults.

Our behavioral health experts also provide mental health education on ways to cope with and manage:

Meet Our Endocrine Clinic Behavioral Health Team

Endocrine clinic behavioral health experts have a strong commitment to:

• Continuing medical and mental health education.
• Evidence-based practice.
• Training students in the behavioral health field.