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About Us Annual Reports 2016 Annual Report

2016 Annual Report

Dedicated to Transforming Children's Lives

Children's Friendship Training
Harold S. Koplewicz, MD, President
Brooke Garber Neidich, Co-Chair, Board of Directors
Ram Sundaram, Co-Chair, Board of Directors
Debra G. Perelman, Vice Chair, Board of Directors
Our work is made possible by individuals who share our belief that all children deserve access to mental health care. Make a difference for families by donating today.

 

Introduction

A Message from the Child Mind Institute

Our children are our most precious resource. Helping them become successful, happy adults is the Child Mind Institute’s goal.

Mental health and learning disorders — which affect 1 in 5 children in the United States — can stand in the way. These disorders are real and common, but they are also treatable. Unfortunately, more than half of these children do not receive the support they need to reach their full potential.

At the Child Mind Institute, we are tackling this issue with the rigor and urgency it requires. We work each day to provide the best possible care to every child who walks through our doors. In the more than 7 years since we opened our doors — fall 2009 through May 2017 — we’ve treated 6,800 patients from 38 nations, 45 states and the District of Columbia, and have awarded more than $4 million in financial aid. We also provide dependable, up-to-date information and resources to help families and communities both within the United States and around the world. We are advancing research on the developing brain and sharing it freely, resulting in more than 1,000 articles published to date using our data. This commitment to “open science” will lead to a new understanding of mental health disorders and new possibilities for treatment, and lay the groundwork for discoveries that will help children in the future.

 

Advancing Discoveries

The Need
  • Objective diagnostic tests that would provide the basis for far more precise, individualized treatments for mental health and learning disorders
Our Solution
  • Embarking on innovative brain research
  • Taking a multidisciplinary approach
  • Sharing our data with researchers worldwide
Our Results

From our opening in 2009 through May 2017, we have:

  • Collected clinical and imaging data on more than 1,000 children and adolescents, enriching our foundational data repository, and prepared the data for release to the scientific community
  • Recruited leading scientists with multidisciplinary backgrounds from around the world to focus their research on the advancement of child and adolescent psychiatry through our Endeavor Scientists Program

In 2016, we:

  • Welcomed Arno Klein, PhD, Director of Innovative Technologies, to the Child Mind Institute to develop a program for wearable sensors that collect data to be used both in research and in the development of new treatments
  • Honored Tom Insel, MD, former Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, as a Distinguished Scientist at our annual scientific symposium, On the Shoulders of Giants

Opening Access to Care

The Need
  • High cost of mental healthcare: a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, not including treatment, can cost $650 to $6,000
  • Dire shortage of available treatment providers: there are only 7,400 practicing child psychiatrists and 3,500 PhD-level psychologists to serve the millions that need help

 

Our Solution
  • Making mental healthcare accessible to families who could not otherwise afford it
  • Offering evidence-based clinical care and extending the reach of our practices through our program to train the clinicians of tomorrow
  • Expanding specialized treatment programs to address each child’s unique needs
Our Results

From our opening in 2009 through May 2017, we have:

  • Awarded more than $4,000,000 in financial aid, allowing care for 20% of patient visits
  • Enabled 87 families from 29 states and five countries to receive care thanks to the CMI Cares Fund , a special component of our Financial Aid program.
  • Treated families from 38 countries, 45 states and the District of Columbia
  • Provided more than 1,000 diagnostic evaluations free of charge to NYC families participating in our community-based research initiative, the Healthy Brain Network
  • In 2016, we expanded our clinical program to include a specialized OCD program

Learn more about our Care

School and Community Programs

The Need
  • Stigma and lack of awareness are barriers to treatment: of the 17.1 million children struggling with a mental health or learning disorder, nearly two thirds don’t get help
  • Lack of mental health training for educators to identify and help a child who is struggling
Our Solution
  • Bringing clinical experts into schools to help teachers learn how to recognize and respond to mental health and learning disorders
  • Expanding access to free information to families worldwide through childmind.org
  • Promoting public awareness campaigns and events
Our Results

From our opening in 2009 through May 2017, we have:

  • Helped more than 2,150 New York City public schoolchildren with trauma treatment and resilience-building programs
  • Trained more than 980 parents and educators to identify signs of traumatic stress and support children in the aftermath of trauma
  • Coached staff at 13 charter schools (impacting more than 2,475 students) in the ACCESS program for evidence-based behavior management strategies
  • Provided free crisis response resources and support to more than 60 communities across the world in times of crisis

In 2016, we:

  • Released our second annual Children’s Mental Health report focused on the mental health crisis in schools and areas of opportunity to support students and staff
  • Reached new audiences through our annual Katz Memorial Conversation featuring Whoopi Goldberg, who spoke about her struggles and triumphs with dyslexia
  • Brought our educational luncheon series to a new community in Palo Alto, California

Learn more about our Public Education Resources