The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry honored Robert J. Harmon, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist who died unexpectedly at the height of a prolific career. Many individuals who he mentored recently memorialized him at the "Feschrift Honoring the Contributions of Robert J. Harmon, M.D., to Child Psychiatry" at the 53rd AACAP Annual Meeting in San Diego.
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Washington, DC--The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry honored Robert J. Harmon, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist who died unexpectedly at the height of a prolific career. Many individuals who he mentored recently memorialized him at the "Feschrift Honoring the Contributions of Robert J. Harmon, M.D., to Child Psychiatry" at the 53rd AACAP Annual Meeting in San Diego.
Drs. Marianne Z. Wamboldt, Karen A. Frankel, Debbie Carter, Kimberly Kelsay, Bruce Bender, Christian J. Hopfer, Douglas K. Novins, Paula Riggs, and Robert Freedman spoke about Dr. Harmon's drive to advance understanding of children's mental illnesses. Among the topics they addressed included Dr. Harmon's work with victims of child abuse and youth living with substance abuse issues and his research on children's asthma and genetic abnormalities.
Dr. Harmon spent most of his career at the Universitiy of Colorado School of Medicine. After research training at the National Institute of Health, he completed his child psychiatry training at the University of Colorado and was one of the first child psychiatrists to work and study on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit where he worked with parents of very ill children. As infant psychiatry became his passion, he founded the 0-3 Network and played a critical role in bringing the Harris Program for training mental health clinicians to work with infants in Colorado. He later worked with mothers whose drug addictions continued during pregnancy and parlayed his passion for helping parents with drug addiction problems by creating the Center for Dependence, Addiction, and Recovery (CeDAR). CeDAR is a program with a special emphasis on treating parents living with substance abuse addiction problems.
Dr. Harmon was a dedicated leader of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In his role of chair of the Program Committee, he advocated for the highest standards of science, policy, education, diversity, and inclusion of all individuals committed to helping families.
For an article on the contributions of Robert J. Harmon, M.D., or a photo of Dr. Harmon please contact Erin Baker at ebaker@aacap.org.
Representing over 7,500 child and adolescent psychiatrists nationwide, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is the leading authority on children’s mental health. AACAP members actively research, diagnose, and treat psychiatric disorders affecting children, adolescents, and their families.
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) is the leading authority on children’s mental health. AACAP members actively research, diagnose, and treat psychiatric disorders affecting children, adolescents, and their families.
Our Facts for Families, available free of charge on the AACAP website, provide concise and up-to-date information on a wide array of issues relating to children’s mental health. Written in a simple, straightforward manner, these 88 one-page fact sheets are valuable to anyone raising or working with children. In addition, the AACAP routinely refers the media to expert spokespeople on child and adolescent issues, and sponsors The Campaign for America’s Kids – an initiative designed to fund an Advocacy Institute for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, with the goal of mental health for all children.
AACAP Mission: The Mission of the AACAP is the promotion of mentally healthy children, adolescents and families through research, training, advocacy, prevention, comprehensive diagnosis and treatment, peer support and collaboration.
