The Future of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Digital Mental Health, Data, AI, and Mobile Tools

Niranjan Karnik, MD, PhD
J. Usha Raj Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Director, Institute for Juvenile Research
Interim Director, AI.Health4All Center for Health Equity Using ML/AI
Co-Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Co-Director, Institute for Research on Addictions
Univ. of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine

About the speaker:
Dr. Karnik's research focuses on data science, technology and community-based interventions for vulnerable populations with psychiatric and substance use disorders. In the past, he has worked with refugee children on the Pakistan-Afghan border, street children in India, foster youth in Central Illinois, and incarcerated youth in California. He worked at a youth homeless shelter in San Francisco and is continuing work with youth experiencing homelessness in Chicago and Illinois. He presently leads or co-leads grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Describe a range of digital and mobile technologies that can be used in child and adolescent psychiatric care
• Discuss the nature of the "digital divide" that poses challenges for the use of technology
• Judge current research and its limitations for the implementation of mobile technologies to address specific conditions in child nda adolescent psychiatry

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In addition to the Pritzker Building, DPBS members can also watch this event live at Mount Zion (Room B7-30) and ZSFG (Bldg. 5, Room 7M30), as well as on Zoom (psychiatry.ucsf.edu/watchgrandrounds).

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds presentations are for educational purposes and intended only for behavioral/mental health professionals and clinical providers.

Continuing education (CE) credit is available for physicians, psychologists, nurses, and therapists who participate in this activity.