ADHD remains the most prevalent and challenging of behavioral disorders in school-aged children. With research showing that children with ADHD face increased risks of major depression and suicidal ideation in adolescence, clinicians are confronting both the immediate and potentially long-term burdens of a disease that can impact a patient’s emotional, social and academic life.

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Speaker Bio

Laurence L. Greenhill, M.D. is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and board certified in child and adult psychiatry. He was appointed Ruane Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons in 2003 and is currently working as a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York City.  Over the past 30 years, he has been engaged in research involving the safety and efficacy of interventions designed to ameliorate psychiatric symptoms in youth.  His specific focus has been projects evaluating the long-term benefits of medication treatments in preschoolers and school-aged children with Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the feasibility of treating depressed and suicidal youth with state-of-the-art psychopharmacological and psychosocial interventions. He is currently the President of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP).