Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids

Friday, August 21, 2015
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Strives to Provide Free Psychiatric Evaluations to 10,000 NYC Kids
 
One in every five American children and adolescents -- or 17.1 million of the 74.5 million children under the age of 18, according to the U.S. census -- are affected by psychiatric and learning disorders.
 
But the majority of them do not get treatment.
 
The Healthy Brain Network (HBN) is a brand-new initiative seeking to help advance the science of child and adolescent brain development. 
 
The Healthy Brain Network received a $1 million grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The grant will be used to fund the HBN Research Vehicle which is the cornerstone of the initiative's community-based model.... 
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