Sign up with Facebook
- Health A to Z
- Healthy Living
Advertisement
Night Terrors Learning Center
Doctor Specialties could include:
- Pediatrician
- Psychiatrist
- Internist
-
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
-
Pediatric nurse practitioner
- Developmental-Behav...
- Family Practice Phy...
|
The night terrors are persistent or frequent; They occur often enough to regularly disrupt sleep; Other symptoms occur with the night terror; The night terror causes, or almost causes, injuries;
|
|
Consult a pediatrician for night terrors if any of the following occur: Episodes occur more than once a week. Episodes persist after a schedule of preventive awakenings. Episodes last more than 45 minutes. The child exhibits drooling, jerking, and...
|
 |
A physician who specializes in the treatment of children from birth through adolescence. A pediatrician is a physician who has taken extra training in the development and diseases of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults through age 21....
|
 |
American pediatrician 1870–1960 A portrait of Owen Wilson. In the preface of "The Care and Feeding of Southern Babies," Wilson said that other similar works focused on childrearing in cooler climates, and therefore were inapplicable to infants in ...
|
|
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
|
|
After a doctor completes medical school and is licensed to practice medicine, the physician may pursue a rigorous 3 year training program in Internal Medicine.
|
|
After completion of medical school, the pediatrician completes another three years of training and must pass an examination to be Board Certified in Pediatrics. A
|
|
The American Board of Medical Specialties recognizes Family Medicine as a distinct discipline requiring an additional three years of training for doctors who wish to become Board Certified in this field. Family Medicine doctors are usually primary care providers (PCPs) [formerly general practitioners, or GPs] for the entire family.
|
