About Dr. Mailutha
About Dr. Mailutha
Dr. Mailutha, M.D., M.P.H. is a board-certified adult, child and adolescent psychiatrist with clinical expertise in child and adolescent pharmacology, and psychotherapy treatments for anxiety, mood disorders, behavioral problems, and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Dr. Mailutha received her B.A. in Biology and a concentration in history from Columbia University. She received her M.D. from Harvard Medical School and her Master’s in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency in psychiatry at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York. She completed a fellowship in pediatric psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center. She has also served on the voluntary faculty at Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital from 2012 to 2017. She is a member of the professional national association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP).
Dr. Mailutha is regularly interviewed for articles published on northjersey.com. Some notable articles are
- How to get your family off social media and back together.
- It’s summer, and your kids are bored. Here’s why that’s a good thing.
Dr. Mailutha has years of experience which inform her daily practice with adults, children and teenagers. She successfully ran a busy private practice in the Upper West Side in New York providing psychotherapy and medication management to children and adults from 2009 to 2015, and closed her practice with the birth of her second child, when she and her family moved to New Jersey.
Dr. Mailutha has held past positions in college mental health at Columbia University; as an associate professor in the child psychiatry division outpatient clinic at Columbia Medical Center; as a child psychiatrist at Morristown Medical Center Behavior Health Outpatient Services; as the Supervising Child Psychiatrist in the Collaborative Care Program at Madison Pediatrics with Atlantic Health Systems and as a treating child psychiatrist with Stepping Forward Counseling Center in Chatham, N.J.
Expertise
- Comprehensive evaluations for adults or for parents and your child or teenager.
- The time and care to understand the problem your child is facing.
- Close consultation with your therapist, pediatrician or family doctor, working as a team on your treatment.
- Use of approved approaches in psychopharmacology for use in children, teenagers and adults.
- Caring support for you and your family.
- Prompt responses when you call to talk about treatment questions and concerns.
Expertise
- Comprehensive evaluations for adults or for parents and your child or teenager
- The time and care to understand the problem your child is facing.
- Close consultation with your therapist, pediatrician or family doctor, working as a team on your treatment.
- Use of approved approaches in psychopharmacology for use in children, teenagers and adults.
- Caring support for you and your family.
- Prompt responses when you call to talk about treatment questions and concerns.
Practise Approach
Dr. Mailutha started Mind Health in 2018 to provide the highest quality mental health care to patients with a personalized and professional approach. She works directly with patients on all aspects of their treatment, from describing her services to responding to clinical questions or calls pertaining to treatment or medication refills. She will work closely with you, your therapist and medical doctors to offer a diagnosis and treatment plan that will address emotional health challenges, integrating evidence-based psychopharmacology and psychotherapy approaches