Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Stony Brook Children's Hospital
Psychiatry • Stony Brook, NY
Ratings by platform
- US News & World Report: 5/5 star patient experience rating for individual providers (e.g., Dr. Scott B. Falkowitz) (11 reviews for Dr. Scott B. Falkowitz)
- Stony Brook Children's Hospital Internal Data (12 North): 93.6% top box score (patient satisfaction) (N/A)
What patients say
Patients praise
- High patient experience scores for inpatient child behavioral health unit (12 North)
- Individual providers (e.g., Dr. Scott B. Falkowitz) highly recommended by patients
- Reports of growth and improved experiences in the psychiatric emergency unit compared to historical reputation
- Staff described as fantastic and supportive in internal feedback contexts
Common complaints
- Historical perceptions of "horror stories" associated with the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP)
In patients' words
"Child Behavioral Health achieve a top box score of 93.6%, the highest across the hospital, but this also placed 12 North in the 98th percentile."
— Stony Brook Medicine - Inpatient Child Psychiatry"You can read the horror stories of the establishment or you can be open to the growth that for the first time in my life I am happy to have witnessed within the mental health field."
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