Kids' Mental Health: A Road Map to Stronger Minds Panel Convenes May 4

Kids' Mental Health: A Road Map to Stronger Minds Helps Children, Parents, Pediatricians Navigate Rhode Island's Mental Health Care System

Public Invited to the Taping on May 4 of Televised Discussion with Medical and Mental Health Professionals and Advocates

Healthy children mean a healthy future. But what are we doing to ensure our children's mental health?  The often complex answers to this question and more will be addressed by four local medical and mental health professionals and advocates, during a panel discussion that identifies current challenges and helps navigate Rhode Island's mental health care system for children.  The panelists are Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, director of the Rhode Island Department of Health; Dr. Gregory Fritz, president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and academic director of Bradley Hospital; Dr. Elizabeth Lowenhaupt, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Lifespan Physician Group/Rhode Island Hospital, and president of the Rhode Island Council for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Lisa Conlan Lewis, executive director of the Parent Support Network of Rhode Island.  Presented by the Rhode Island Foundation, in conjunction with Rhode Island Monthly magazine and Rhode Island PBS, the discussion will be moderated by Rhode Island Monthly magazine's Associate Editor Casey Nilsson, and will be held at Rhode Island PBS studios in Providence, on Wednesday, May 4. A reception with panelists and guests begins at 5:30 p.m. preceding the taping at 6:15 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Rhode Island PBS will air the full program on Thursday, May 19 at 8 p.m. The public is invited to attend the taping, however seating is limited, and advance registration is required by Tuesday, May 3, through ripbs.org.

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