Our mission is to help young minds grow and thrive. We support the healthy emotional and social development of children of all ages with outstanding patient care, research, education, and training. Our partners include you: parents and guardians, pediatricians and primary care doctors, the philanthropists and institutions that support our work, and—most importantly—children, teens, and young adults.
—Dr. Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, Director of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University, and Dr. Laura Mufson, Associate Director of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University
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In an abusive relationship? Call 1-866-331-9474 or text "loveis" to 22522.