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Arnold Simon Professor and Chair, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, New York, United States
Dr. Havens is the Arnold Simon Professor and Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Director of the Child Study Center at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, and Director of Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Strategy & Growth in the Office of Behavioral Health at NYC Health and Hospitals. Until October 2018, she was the Director and Chief of Service of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Bellevue Hospital Center, where she oversaw New York City’s most comprehensive continuum of mental health services for children and adolescents. There she opened New York State’s only dedicated Children’s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, expanded Bellevue’s inpatient child psychiatric service to 45 beds, and opened NYC’s only Partial Hospital Program serving both children and adolescents. She also established and oversees a public psychiatry initiative providing mental health services at the NYC Administration for Child Services’ Secure & Non-Secure Juvenile Detention sites. Dr. Havens is an expert in the treatment of behavioral and mental health issues in children and adolescents who have experienced complex trauma. She has been active in public psychiatry innovation since the early 1990s, when she founded and led NYC’s first mental health clinic serving children and families affected by HIV. Dr. Havens serves on numerous public sector committees, and is active is many of New York State’s major child mental health initiatives.
Invited Address 1 - Realizing the Potential of Children’s Mental Health Services in the 21st Century
Friday, November 15, 2024
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST