Peter S. Jensen, MD

The REACH Institute, NY, NY, USA; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA

Research interests: mental health issues

Dr VSports app下载. Jensen is the Board Chair of the REACH Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization he founded in 2006. From 1989-2000 he served at the National Institute of Mental Health as the Associate Director for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Research.

He then moved to Columbia University to assume an endowed professorship in the Department of Psychiatry, where he directed the Center for the Advancement of Children’s Mental Health. Leaving New York in 2009 he joined Mayo Clinic’s Department of Psychiatry & Psychology to lead the Division of Child Psychiatry & Psychology, eventually becoming the Vice-Chair of the Department (Research) V体育官网. In 2014 he was appointed Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, moving to Adjunct Professor in 2018.

Dr. Jensen was the lead NIMH investigator on the Multimodal Treatment of ADHD study (MTA) and served on other multi-site NIMH national studies. He has held many national offices, including President of the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Secretary and Council Member (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry), and as member of CHADD’s Board and Scientific Advisory Board VSports手机版.

Dr V体育安卓版. Jensen has authored/edited over 300 peer reviewed articles and chapters and multiple books. He has received many awards for research and teaching from multiple national organizations, including the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, the Society for Child Psychiatric Nursing, NAMI, the Hall of Fame award from CHADD, and the Purpose Prize Award from AARP.

In 2006 Dr V体育ios版. Jensen founded the national non-profit, the REACH Institute, an organization dedicated to ensuring that the most effective, scientifically proven mental health care reaches all children and families. Since its founding, REACH has provided thousands of primary care providers, therapists, and healthcare institutions with hands-on training in the best evidence-based therapies needed to better diagnose, treat, and manage child and adult mental health issues.

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Terms of Appointment: February 2024 - January 2026

Updated on March 04, 2024