Child Mind Institute

Adolescents and young adults with overcontrolled coping tend to approach life with intense personal standards. They typically work hard to behave appropriately in public and focus excessively on school, work, or extracurricular activities in a manner that interferes with their well-being and ability to build strong, supportive relationships. Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) is designed to help them loosen rigid behavior, learn to relax, and feel less isolated. RO-DBT skills classes at the Child Mind Institute operate on a rolling admission basis. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dj38BDBd

On Tuesday evening, the Child Mind Institute hosted the 2024 Child Advocacy Award Dinner, bringing together over 400 supporters to honor Child Advocacy Award recipient Carrie Walton Penner for her steadfast commitment to youth mental health. The event, hosted by Ali Wentworth raised $7 million to support the Child Mind Institute’s efforts to enhance the mental health of children and families through clinical care, scientific research, and public education. There is no doubt that our world is facing a youth mental health crisis – and this crisis affects everyone. Mental health disorders remain the most common illnesses of childhood and adolescence. The Child Mind Institute is committed to meeting this challenge with the best in care, education, and science. And while we have become a national program with a global reach, our impact remains deeply personal. Thank you to all who attended or donated to support our mission!

PEERS® for Teens is a 14-week evidence-based social skills program for motivated middle and high schoolers to learn how to make and keep friends. Teens will practice communication skills in group sessions, while parents attend separate sessions to learn how to support their teen’s social growth through coaching and weekly assignments. PEERS® for Teens will begin this February. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eSkGgkqF

November is Children's Grief Awareness Month. The way kids respond to death is different from adults. They may go from crying to playing. That’s normal. Playing is a way of coping with their feelings. It’s also normal for kids to get angry, to feel sad, get anxious and also to act younger than they are. Sometimes families — both parents and children — feel they need to put on a brave face when they are feeling sad. But it is OK to feel sad and show grief. In fact, avoidance is often a bad idea because it makes us feel worse in the medium and long term. Emotions don’t respond well to being closeted and will find a way out. Every child handles their grief differently. Helping your child express their feelings and expressing your own sadness can help them process theirs. If you notice that your child seems particularly upset and unable to cope with grief, therapy can help. For our resources on trauma and grief in children: https://lnkd.in/gHXVRu3q

The Child Mind Institute held its 14th annual On the Shoulders of Giants Scientific Symposium on October 30, 2024. This year’s event explored the evolving landscape of anxiety care and the promise of next-generation treatments to improve outcomes for children and adolescents worldwide. This conversation, our annual On the Shoulders of Giants event, and the tireless work of our Science program underscore the Child Mind Institute’s commitment to advancing research to deepen our understanding of the developing brain, mental health conditions, and the impact on treatments available to patients. Watch the full conversation here: https://lnkd.in/erPT6ayP

The Child Mind Institute’s Parents of Anxious Children and Teens (PACT)℠ is a webinar series covering an introduction to anxiety, different types of anxiety disorders, and how anxiety manifests in children. It also teaches specific tools and strategies to help children to begin facing their fears and manage anxiety symptoms. The PACT program is appropriate for parents and caregivers of children and teens struggling with anxiety who would benefit from learning more about: • Anxiety and how it manifests in children and teens • Evidence-based approaches to treating anxiety • How parental accommodation of childhood anxiety can perpetuate anxiety in the long term and how to break this cycle • Techniques to help your child face their fears and manage anxiety symptoms • How to take care of yourself while taking care of others Learn more: https://lnkd.in/exShyuDp

Did you know the Healthy Brain Network (HBN) at the Child Mind Institute openly releases data focused on child and adolescent development? There are over 140 phenotypic assessments across key domains, such as cognition, language, social, emotional, and psychological functions.    💡 The HBN transdiagnostic dataset includes diagnostic information for each participant, providing valuable data for advancing #mentalhealth research.     ➡️ Find out more at https://lnkd.in/eMGNNQwd 📅 Stay tuned to learn about the HBN MRI dataset next week!    #brain #developingbrain #openscience #OpenData #Neuroimaging #AI 

Greetings from Nairobi! Last week, Dr. Shirley Reynolds, Director of Psychosocial Interventions, and Aaliyah Nadirah Madyun, Program Director, both from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute, attended the Africa Global Mental Health Institute (AGMHI) annual conference, ‘Closing the Gap: Innovations in Mental Health.’ AGMHI, a collaboration between the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Boston University, advances mental health equity across Africa and the diaspora through research, education, clinical care, and policy.    Alongside partners from South Africa, Kenya, and the UK, they engaged in discussions with key mental health stakeholders—including NGOs, government officials, and academics—focused on expanding access to quality mental health care. Dr. Reynolds also delivered a talk at the Shamiri Institute, conceived in 2018 at the Harvard Lab for Youth Mental Health, where an innovative model using lay-providers is helping bridge Africa’s mental health treatment gap, especially for youth.

“When loved ones come in with preconceived notions of what autism is, they are often misaligned with the child that’s in front of them” The Child Mind Institute's own Dr. Cynthia Martin joined CBS Mornings to discuss autism spectrum disorder and how we can have more supportive, helpful conversations about it. Watch the full discussion here: https://lnkd.in/etZ_Xivw

⚡️Standing room only panel at Behavioral Health Tech conference! Michael Milham shared how federal funding is driving digital mental health solutions at the Child Mind Institute #bht2024 Cara McNulty, DPA Katie Rudek Jennifer Huberty, PhD