Laelia Benoit, MD, PhD

Dr. Laelia Benoit is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist from France and Brazil, fully trained in Paris, and has worked at the Yale Child Study Center since 2021. She is a Clinical Fellow (PGY-3) in the Solnit Integrated Training Program in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center. She is a French and Brazilian Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist (fully trained in France) and came to the U.S. in 2021 to work as a Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar at the Yale Child Study Center. Dr. Benoit maintains her affiliation with the French NIH (Inserm, CESP, Centre de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations).

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Dr. Benoit is the co-director of QUALab, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Lab, a collaboration between the Yale Child Study Center (Dr. Andrés Martin), and the CESP (Dr. Bruno Falissard).

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Dr. Benoit's previous research focused on early intervention in psychosis, anxious school refusal, and access to care for minorities. Her current project assesses the impact of climate change on the mental health of children and adolescents in three countries (the US, Brazil, and France). Laelia Benoit favors citizen research approaches involving adolescents, their parents, professionals, and family support groups. Her teaching (Yale University, Universidade de São Paolo, University of Paris) focuses on qualitative methods for researchers and psychological and social science skills for caregivers and school professionals to help them support children's health and reduce inequities in health care.

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Dr. Benoit has received several honors, including the Yale International Physician-Scientist, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Monahan, and Inserm awards.

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Dr. Benoit sees patients by appointment and may be reached through Greenwich Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 203-531-1030.