Pediatric Nursing and Healthcare

Pediatric Neurology & Psychological Disorders

Researchers are engaged in a variety of laboratory and clinical research programs to extend their understanding of the developing nervous system and pathologic processes that underlie neurological disorders in children. Approximately 70% of children who suffer epilepsy during their childhood eventually outgrow it. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) is a diagnostic tool used for inherited metabolic disorders. The new frontier to improve outcomes in critically ill pediatric patients with neurological illness is Pediatric Neurocritical Care.  Pediatric psychiatry is concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders in children, adolescents, and their families and is a multidisciplinary field of both scientific research and clinical practice that involves the psychological aspects of illness, injury, and the promotion of health behaviors.