Pediatric developmental-behavioral health deals with the developmental difficulties of children and their families. A pediatric developmental-behavioral health specialist is a pediatrician who uses education, clinical care, and advocacy to prevent and manage problem behavior in children and their family environment. This physician also does research on child growth, development and behavior.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 464 practicing pediatric developmental behavioral health doctors. Broken out by state, pediatric developmental behavioral health doctor density in Alabama is 4, in Arizona is 7, in Arkansas is 4, in California is 65, in Colorado is 5, in Connecticut is 15, in Delaware is 2, in District of Columbia is 6, in Florida is 23, in Georgia is 14, in Hawaii is 5, in Idaho is 2, in Illinois is 17, in Indiana is 7, in Iowa is 4, in Kansas is 9, in Kentucky is 5, in Louisiana is 3, in Maine is 6, in Maryland is 20, in Massachusetts is 44, in Michigan is 9, in Minnesota is 15, in Mississippi is 6, in Missouri is 12, in Montana is 2, in Nebraska is 4, in Nevada is 1, in New Hampshire is 1, in New Jersey is 26, in New Mexico is 3, in New York is 60, in North Carolina is 23, in North Dakota is 1, in Ohio is 45, in Oklahoma is 9, in Oregon is 7, in Pennsylvania is 19, in Rhode Island is 15, in South Carolina is 16, in South Dakota is 1, in Tennessee is 7, in Texas is 27, in Utah is 4, in Vermont is 5, in Virginia is 12, in Washington is 24, in West Virginia is 1, in Wisconsin is 2, and in Wyoming is 1.
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