Respecting kids' individuality in treating mental illness

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Respecting kids' individuality in treating mental illness

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Every child is unique and every family that they come with is unique and has strengths, capacities, communities; that they can build upon. When you are getting the best care, you are getting the people who see you for who you are and all of your strengths and hope for you child. They are not simply giving you a medication and asking you to come back in six or eight weeks. That's not really a comprehensive plan in any way. What does your child need to advance? What does your teenager need to advance? If your teenager has a substance abuse problem and depression, you need to find something that treats them both. There is no, one size fits all.

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Kenneth Duckworth, MD

Psychiatrist, Harvard Professor & Medical Director for NAMI

Ken Duckworth, MD, serves as the medical director for NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. He is triple board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Adult, Child and Adolescent, and Forensic Psychiatry and has extensive experience in the public health arena.

Dr. Duckworth is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor at Harvard University Medical School, and has served as a board member of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists. Dr. Duckworth has held clinical and leadership positions in community mental health, school psychiatry and now also works as Associate Medical Director for Behavioral Health at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

Prior to joining NAMI in 2003, Dr. Duckworth served as Acting Commissioner of Mental Health and the Medical Director for Department of Mental Health of Massachusetts, as a psychiatrist on a Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) team, and Medical Director of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center.

Dr. Duckworth attended the University of Michigan where he graduated with honors and Temple University School of Medicine where he was named to the medical honor society, AOA. While at Temple, he won awards for his work in psychiatry and neurology. He also has a family member living with mental illness.

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