Lesley Siegel, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor
Associate Residency Training Program Director for Program Curriculum and Assessment

Research Interests

Dr. Siegel has worked in Public Sector Child Psychiatry since completing training at the Child Study Center in 1988. In this role she served as Associate Medical Director of Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth from 1993-1995 and as Riverview's Medical Director and Training Director from 1995-2006. Since 2006 she has served as Regional Medical Director for the Department of Children and Families. Dr. Siegel began serving as Associate Residency Training Program Director, Riverview Hospital in 1995, and since 2006 as Associate Training Director for Program Curriculum and Assessment. Dr. Siegel is also a Faculty Affiliate of the Zigler Center for Child Development and Social Policy.

Dr. Siegel's teaching and research interests have included the effects of abuse and neglect on development and psychopathology; child forensic issues; social policy and systems issues; foster care; and the treatment of severely disturbed children, adolescents, and their families. She coordinates a year-long course for Child Psychiatry fellows, Child Psychology fellows, Developmental Pediatrics Fellows, and Social Work fellows on Psychodynamic/Developmental Evaluations and Treatment.

Recent Publications

• Plant, R.W., Siegel, L., "Children in Foster Care: Mental Health Prevention and Treatment". In Gullotta, T., and Blau, G., Editors, Family Influences on Childhood Behavior and Development: Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment. Routledge Publishing, 2008, pp. 209-230.
• Donovan, A., Plant, R.W., Peller, A., Siegel, L., Martin, A.: "Two Year Trends in Restraint and Seclusion Use: A Naturalistic Study of Psychiatrically Hospitalized Youth, Psychiatric Services, July 2003.
• Donovan, A., Plant, R.W., Zera, G., Siegel, L., Martin,A.: "Seclusion and Restraint Reform: A Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital's Initiative. Psychiatric Services, July 2003.
• Siegel, L., Stubbe, D., Thomas, J. "Connecticut Juvenile Court-Ordered Psychiatric Admission: Model for Other States, Poster Presentation, Scientific Proceedings, 46th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Society, October 1999.

Contact

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

Office Address
SHM IG-82

E-mail
lesley.siegel@yale.edu

Office Phone
(203) 562-3048