Safeguarding the Behavioral Health of a City

Saturday, April 22, 2023, 8:00PM at Cary Memorial Hall

Dr. Kevin Simon, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, City of Boston

In June 2022 Dr. Kevin Simon became the first Chief Behavioral Health Officer for the City of Boston with the mission of developing a city-wide strategy to address behavioral health issues,especially among youth.

In his lecture Dr. Simon will describe his background and share his thoughts on the current state of mental health nationally and within Massachusetts. He hopes to  engage the audience intellectually and emotionally in a discussion of the challenges in the way our society approaches mental and behavioral health; and he’ll highlight opportunities to make positive changeS in our community.

Dr. Simon serves as an Attending Psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital, an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, a Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Health Policy at Harvard University, and the Medical Director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.