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Mental and Behavioral Health Institute

For more than two decades, Cincinnati Children's has been committed to researching and treating mental, behavioral and developmental health disorders in children and adolescents. Despite this commitment, the demand for services remains great.

To accelerate and scale up our work to address the ongoing crisis facing America’s youth, we formed the Mental and Behavioral Health Institute, which combines the divisions of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. With a streamlined organizational structure, the institute strengthens the connections among these three foundational divisions and enables deeper collaboration across specialties.

Together, we stand committed to addressing our nation's mental health challenges. From expanding access to care to conducting vital research, we are dedicated to improving outcomes for children in Greater Cincinnati and beyond. Because of this, we have been recognized on the first list of top pediatric mental and behavioral health programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.