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Harold Samuel Koplewicz (/ ˈ k ɒ p l ə w ɪ t s / KOP-lə-wits; [1] born January 12, 1953) is a nationally known child and adolescent psychiatrist. [2] He is the founder and president of the nonprofit Child Mind Institute and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. [3]
The institute is a consortium of scientists, educators, physicians and parents dedicated to researching the causes of and treatments for autism spectrum disorders, fragile X syndrome, and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The director of the MIND institute is Dr. Leonard Abbeduto. [1]
Catherine Lord (born 1950) [1] is an American psychologist and researcher. She currently serves as a member of the International Advisory Board for The Lancet Psychiatry, [2] as co-chair of the Scientific Research Council of the Child Mind Institute, [3] and as the George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Education at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.
Randi J. Hagerman is an American physician and the medical director of MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis. [1] [2] She works for the pediatrics department under the division of child development and behavior.
The psychiatric assessment of a child or adolescent starts with obtaining a psychiatric history by interviewing the young person and his/her parents or caregivers. The assessment includes a detailed exploration of the current concerns about the child's emotional or behavioral problems, the child's physical health and development, history of parental care (including possible abuse and neglect ...
James Anthony in Seville, Spain. Elwyn James Anthony (21 January 1916 – 10 December 2014) was a British psychoanalyst.He is best known for his work on resilience and invulnerability risk in children with parents who suffer from mental illness.
Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse During psychiatry residency, she worked on PET scan projects with psychiatrist Jonathan Brodie. After finishing psychiatry residency, she joined the faculty at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, working on PET scan research projects in addition to clinical duties. [ 9 ]
Greenspan's years of studying child development at NIMH and subsequent work successfully treating children with social-emotional delays using the DIR model is described in detail in the memoir "The Boy Who Loved Windows; Opening the Heart and Mind of a Child Threatened with Autism" written by Patricia Stacey, the mother of one of his patients.