Laurie Cardona, Psy.D.

Chief of Psychology, Yale Child Study Center
Co-Director, Yale Child Study Center Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Service

Research Interests

The Child Study Center Psychology Department coordinates a two-year integrated fellowship in child clinical psychology that offers a broad range of clinical, didactic and research experiences to doctoral candidates. The program consists of a predoctoral internship, which is APA approved, that emphasizes psychological assessment and community-based mental health interventions. The second, post-doctoral year focuses on hospital-based practice and four areas of clinical specialization (autism, childhood trauma, early childhood development, and pediatric psychology). Dr. Cardona provides administrative oversight, seminars, and clinical supervision for the psychology training program.

Dr. Cardona also conducts various clinical and training activities within Yale-New Haven Hospital. She is Co-Director of the Child Study Center Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Service, which offers a broad range of psychiatric services to children and adolescents who are under the care of the inpatient pediatric services of YNHH. As part of the CL program, Dr. Cardona trains child psychiatrists, child psychologists, and medical students in the delivery of mental health interventions to children and families who suffer from acute and chronic medical conditions. Currently, Dr. Cardona’s research interests are in the area of pediatric oncology. Specifically, she is collaborating with members of the oncology faculty to study the neuropsychological and psychosocial outcomes of survivors of childhood cancers. Dr. Cardona is also the faculty psychologist for the Children’s Psychiatric Inpatient Unit and the Inpatient Child Study Center School, both of which serve children ages 4 to 14 with serious neuropsychiatric, developmental and behavioral problems.

Dr. Cardona is the director of the Yale Child Study Center Psychological Assessment Service. The Psychological Assessment Service provides diagnostic evaluations of infants, children and adolescents referred for developmental assessments, neuropsychological evaluations and learning assessments.

Recent Publications

• Campbell, J. M., Cardona, L. The Consultation and Liaison Processes to Pediatrics. In Martin, A., & Volkmar, F. (Eds.) Child and adolescent psychiatry: A Comprehensive textbook, fourth edition. (In Press).
• Sukhodolsky, D. G., Cardona, L., Martin, A. Characterizing aggressive and noncompliant behaviors in a children's psychiatric inpatient setting, Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2005, 36 (2):177-93.

Contact

Campus Address
Child Study Center
230 South Frontage Road
P.O. Box 207900
New Haven, CT 06520-7900

E-mail
laurie.cardona@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-785-3372

Fax
203-785-7400