• PRESS RELEASE: April 25, 2023
  • The REACH Institute Awarded $300,000 by Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation to Expand Mental Health Access

The REACH Institute: News Mentions and Features

• Psychology Today published the REACH article Sending Kids With Suicidal Ideation to the Emergency Room. Thanks to Dr. Amy Dryer for her expertise!
• Authority Magazine profiled REACH CEO Lisa Hunter Romanelli, PhD, as a Mental Health Champion.
• Lisa was cited as an expert in an article in Fortune about finding a new therapist.
• REACH faculty member Wendy Silverman, PhD, wrote Childhood Anxiety Disorders: When to Worry About an Anxious Child, published in ADDitude.
• REACH founder and board chair Peter S. Jensen, MD (pictured here) was interviewed for the podcast of the Jewish Orthodox Women’s Medical Association. The conversation, “REACH for Better Mental Health for Our Children,” highlights the current mental health crisis and how REACH training programs are part of the solution.
• REACH faculty member Lawrence Amsel, MD, wrote “Dealing with Difficult Patients: How Can Theater Arts Help?” published last month in Psychiatric Times. This article highlights the groundbreaking work of Marjorie Heymann, PhD, who designed and delivers the REACH course Working with Challenging Patients and Families.
• REACH faculty member Jasmine Reese, MD (pictured here) published an article on assessing and treating eating disorders in Contemporary Pediatrics.
• Our press release underscores the crisis in pediatric mental health and highlights the Atlanta-area scholarship opportunity (see above) as one part of The REACH Institute’s response to this urgent need.
• Cook Children’s Hospital featured an article on REACH training: Pediatricians Learn New Tools to Address Mental Health (checkupnewsroom.com)
• Former REACH Board Member, Judith Warner contributed an article to The Washington Post Magazine: Why we need to stop politicizing children’s mental health.
• Contemporary Pediatrics featured a REACH article on child abuse by Dr. Danielle Laraque-Arena.
• Dr. Peter Jensen was featured in a two-part Exploring Different Brains Podcast!
  • Part 1 – Onboarding Docs in Neurodiversity
  • Part 2 – Adolescent Mental Health