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“The numbers are stark,” said Daniel P. Dickstein, MD, FAAP, chief of the Nancy and Richard Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at McLean Hospital. In 2021, suicide was the second highest cause of death for young people 10-24 years of age, Dickstein said, citing data from the Centers...

Irritability is the most common reason children are brought for psychiatric evaluation. It is a diagnostic criterion or associated symptom for multiple diagnoses listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Over the past 20 years, much has been learned...

Daniel P. Dickstein, MD, FAAP, newly minted chief of McLean’s Nancy and Richard Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, has a big vision. His enthusiasm and passion are contagious. Dickstein, a physician-scientist who is uniquely triple board-certified in pediatrics, adult psychiatry...

McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital mental health experts have teamed up with award-winning journalist Jeanne Blake to develop a new online program to address current and lingering mental health effects from the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents. The toolkit, which is...

Daniel P. Dickstein, MD, FAAP, will become chief of the Nancy and Richard Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at McLean Hospital, effective September 1, 2022. Dickstein will succeed Joseph Gold, MD, who has successfully led the division for more than 20 years. While Gold is stepping...

Renowned physician-scientist Daniel P. Dickstein, MD, FAAP, has come to McLean Hospital to further his groundbreaking research on the biology of childhood psychiatric disorders—and to help improve mental health care for children, teens, and young adults. Dickstein is uniquely trained and board...