REACH for Better Mental Health For Our Children with Dr. Peter Jensen

Dr. Jensen is the Board Chair of the REACH Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization he founded in 2006. From 1999-2009 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). 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. Dr. Jensen has authored/edited over 300 peer reviewed articles and chapters and 20 books. He has received many awards for research and teaching from multiple national organizations, including the Hall of Fame award from CHADD, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, the Society for Child Psychiatric Nursing, and NAMI.