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Please join Harold Koplewicz, MD, founding president and medical director of the Child Mind Institute, for a conversation about his new book “The Scaffold Effect.”
One of the nation’s leading child and adolescent psychiatrists, Dr. Kolpewicz is known as an innovator in the field, a strong advocate for child mental health, and a master clinician. The mission of the Child Mind Institute, founded in 2009 by Dr. Koplewicz, Brooke Garber Neidich, and Debra Perelman, is to:
• Offer best-in-class evidence-based clinical care
• Engage the global scientific community in visionary research to discover more effective treatments
• Educate and empower parents by providing trustworthy information and resources
• Use passionate advocacy to remove the stigma associated with psychiatric disorders
Dr. Koplewicz continues to guide the Institute towards accomplishing this mission. He has been repeatedly recognized in America’s Top Doctors, Best Doctors in America, and New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors in New York,” and was named one of WebMD’s 2014 Health Heroes for his advocacy on behalf of children with psychiatric or learning disorders. He has been the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology since 1997.