The
New York University Child Study Center held its 6th annual Child
Advocacy Award Dinner 2003 last Wednesday (December
3rd) at the Regent Wall Street. They raised a record-setting $3.2
million. Dinner chairs were Beth and Michael Fascitelli.
They honored Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard
University and Ann Tenenbaum and Tom Lee (husband
and wife).
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Brooke
Garber Neidich and Daniel Neidich |
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This year’s
theme “Giving Children Back Their Childhood” celebrates
the major contributions the Center has made over the past six years
in its understanding and treatment of children’s psychiatric
disorders. Recent studies by some of the Center’s researchers
include:
• The volume of the brain is smaller in children with Attention-Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) compared to average children.
These differences are not caused by previous stimulant treatment.
• Tourette’s Disorder may not be a “lifelong disorder”
as has been commonly thought. Many young people with this disorder
have reductions in tics over time.
• Stimulant treatment for children with reading disorders
does not lead to substance use or abuse in later life.
A new cognitive-behavior therapy treatment has shown to be effective
in treating women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD). After treatment, 75% of the participants were no longer
diagnosed with PTSD.
While the clinical work of the Center impacts thousands of children
in New York City, the Center’s research impacts children throughout
the nation.
“ More than 10 million children and teens in this country
suffer from a psychiatric illness – more than leukemia, diabetes
and AIDS combined. And 70% of those children never receive treatment,”
said Harold S. Koplewicz M.D., director of the
Child Study Center. “Mental illness robs children of their
childhood. With the help provided t this year’s dinner, research
and scientifically-proven care will enable us to give children back
their childhood.”
The NYU Child Study Center is dedicated to increasing awareness
of child mental health issues, as well as improving the treatment
of child psychiatric illnesses through scientific practice, research
and education.
Guests at the dinner including Larry Silverstein, Brooke
Garber Neidich, board chair, and Daniel Neidich, Linda and Arthur
Carter, Mickey Drexler, Lisa Pevaoff Cohn and Gary Cohn, Jane Rosenthal
and Craig Hatkoff, Cathy and Stephen Graham, Jill and Bob Smith
and Joanne Corzine.
For more information about the NYU Child Study Center, call 212-263-6622
or visit www.AboutOurKids.org. |
