Autism Facts and Myths

Speaker: 

David Mandell, ScD

Kenneth E. Appel Professor, Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine

Director, Center for Mental Health, Perelman School of Medicine

Associate Director, Center for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Bio:

David Mandell is trained as a psychiatric epidemiologist and mental health services researcher. The goal of his research is to improve the quality of care that individuals with psychiatric and developmental disabilities receive in their communities, with a particular focus on autism. This research is of two types. The first examines, at the state and national level, the effects of different strategies to organize, finance, and deliver services on service use patterns and outcomes. The second consists of experimental studies designed to determine the best strategies to successfully implement proven-efficacious practices in community settings.