Some physicians become specialized experts in a particular age group (such as infants or adolescents), a particular diagnosis (such as obsessive - compulsive disorder, pediatric depression, or anxiety disorder), or a particular treatment modality (such as
pediatric psychopharmacology or custody evaluations).
In fact, as a field of scientific investigation, you could say that
pediatric psychopharmacology began at Bradley Hospital, with the publication in 1937 of the results of stimulant trials in children.
He is the director of cognitive - behavioral psychology at the clinical and research program in
pediatric psychopharmacology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and an associate clinical professor of psychology in the psychiatry department at Harvard University Medical School.