Read about Dr. Lowenhaupt, as well as watch a selection of short videos that include tips for parents of children with behavioral health concerns.
Elizabeth Lowenhaupt, MD, CCHP, associate director of training for the Brown Triple Board Combined Residency Training Program in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at Rhode Island Hospital, has been appointed the 2023-2024 chair of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) Governance Board.
Dr. Lowenhaupt, recognized for her expertise in child and adolescent behavioral health, is the consulting medical and psychiatric director at the Rhode Island Training School, the state’s only juvenile correctional facility, where she provides direct psychiatric assessments and treatment to incarcerated adolescents and oversees all medical, dental, and psychiatric care for detained and adjudicated youth.
She is active in community health, having developed the HOPE for Justice clinic. An acronym for Hasbro (Children’s Hospital) Outpatient Psychiatric Evaluations for Justice-involved and At-Risk Youth, HOPE for Justice expands psychiatric treatment for youth involved in the juvenile legal and child welfare systems across a continuum of community-based and residential treatment settings.
She represents the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry on the Board of the National Commission for Correctional Health Care, where she also serves as the Chair of the Juvenile Health Committee.
An associate professor in the departments of psychiatry and human behavior and pediatrics at The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Dr. Lowenhaupt is focused on developing creative approaches to meet the capacity demand for more behavioral health professionals resulting from the current mental health crisis among children and adolescents.
In an October 2023 interview with Psychiatric Times, Dr. Lowenhaupt was asked about the impact of the mental health crisis among incarcerated adolescents. “Incarcerated adolescents have always had disproportionately high rates of psychiatric illness. Depression, anxiety, and suicide remain major concerns for our patients, as does substance use,” she said. “Shortages in direct line staff and clinicians have contributed to decreased capacity to manage these disorders for patients while they are in confinement facilities, and finding outpatient services upon their discharge can be extremely challenging.”
Other members named to the 2023-2024 NCCHC Governance Board are:
- Patricia Blair, PhD, JD, CCHP-RN, CCHP-A, chair-elect
- Pauline Marcussen, DHA, RHIA, CCHP, immediate past chair
- Joseph Penn, MD, CCHP-MH, treasurer
- Jayne Russell, MEd, CCHP-A, secretary
- Newton Kendig, MD
- Sheriff Heath Taylor
- Barbara Wakeen, MA, RDN, CCHP
- Nancy B. White, MA, LPC