Biographies & Vitaes

David Arredondo, MD is the Director of the OCDMH and founding director of SOLOMON, a pro bono consultation and technical assistance service. He conducts research reviews on a broad range of topics and provides consultations and training to professionals and programs across the country. His primary focus is the transferring of knowledge of early childhood brain development, the effects of trauma (developmental traumatology), and current thinking about children's mental health to practitioners in various disciplines in language that they can understand. His principal concerns include children with developmental circumstances that lead to less than optimal cognitive, emotional, and social development and the high numbers of youth with mental illness who are not receiving adequate screening, assessment, or mental health treatment. He is particularly concerned with the disproportionate impact of these circumstances on economically disadvantaged youth and their families. Dr Arredondo maintains a non-partisan stance while upholding the principle that an objective appraisal of circumstances requires multiple points of view.

Dr. Arredondo was formerly the Medical Director of EMQ Children and Family Services, a large non profit agency in Northern California. He has special expertise in screening and assessing children for mental illness, program design, outcome studies, assessment of risk for recidivism in juvenile justice populations and community-based alternatives to incarceration. He has published and lectured extensively on the causes and treatment of behavioral disorders in young people and was featured on the PBS special, "Kids in Trouble". He is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences.

Dr. Arredondo is a former member of the clinical faculty of the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.

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 Addresses:

Office of Child Development and Mental Health

Childrensprogram.org
Solomonproject.org
FAX: (408) 369-1901
Email: david@childrensprogram.org

EMQ Children and Family Services
251 Llewellyn Drive
Campbell, CA  95008
Tel: (408) 364-7096
FAX:  (408) 364-4013
Email: davida@emq.org 

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Education:

1975-1980               Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

1973-1975               Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1972-1973               Rice University, Houston, Texas

1971-1972               Pan-American University, Edinburg, Texas

Degrees:                  

 1980                       MD, Harvard Medical School

 1975                       A.B. cum laude, Harvard College

Licensure:              Medical Board of California                             

Certification:         American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology  

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Fellowships:

 1982-84                Falk Fellow,  American Psychiatric Association

                              1200 18th Street, NW

                              Washington, District of Columbia

 1979                      Lown Cardiovascular Research Fellow

                               Department of Nutrition

                               Harvard School of Public Health

                               Boston, Massachusetts

1973                       Baylor Work and Study

                               Baylor College of Medicine

                               Ben Taub County Hospital

                               Houston, Texas  

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 Post Doctoral Training:

1983-1984             Fellow in Child Psychiatry

                              Massachusetts Mental Health Center

                               Department of Psychiatry

                               Harvard Medical School

                               Boston, Massachusetts

1981-1983             Resident in Psychiatry

                              Massachusetts Mental Health Center

                               Department of Psychiatry

                               Harvard Medical School

                               Boston, Massachusetts

1980-1981              Intern in Neurology

                               Family Practice and Psychiatry

                               University of Texas Health Science Center

                               San Antonio, Texas  

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Appointments:

2000-                     Former Clinical Instructor, Department of

                              Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stanford

                              University School of Medicine

2000-                     Santa Clara County Juvenile Justice Commission

1982-84                 Joint Commission on Public Affairs, American

                              Psychiatric Association (Falk Fellow)

1983-                     Joint Reference Committee, American Psychiatric
                              Associations (Falk Fellow)  

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Professional Activities:

1998-                    Executive Director

                             The SOLOMON Project

                             childrensprogram.org

                             solomonproject.org

1997-                   Medical Director

                             Director of Clinical Training

                             EMQ Children and Family Services

                             251 Llewellyn Drive

                             Campbell, CA  95008

1994-2003            Director of Research and Training,

                              Principal Psychiatrist

                             Commonweal Children's Program

                              451 Mesa Road

                              Bolinas, CA 94924

1994-1997:            Principal Psychiatrist,

                              Director of Training

                              Marin County Juvenile Hall

                              1450 Lucas Valley Road

                              San Rafael, CA 94903

                   

                              Medical Director

                              Full Circle Programs

                              70 Skyview Terrace

                              San Rafael, CA  94903

                              

1993-1994             Medical Director, Outpatient Services

                               Northeast Psychiatric Associates

                               29 Northwest Boulevard

                               Nashua, New Hampshire 08063

 

                               Director, Family Stabilization Team

                               Brookside Hospital   

                               29 Northwest Boulevard

                               Nashua, New Hampshire 08063

1990-1993             Chief Psychiatrist,

                               Adolescent Affective Disorders Clinic

                               Northeast Psychiatric Associates

                                29 Northwest Boulevard

                               Nashua, New Hampshire 08063

1991-1993              Medical Director

                                Mental Health Services

                                Nashua Memorial Hospital

                                8 Prospect Street

                                Nashua, New Hampshire 08063

1990-1993               Primary Psychiatric Consultant

                                Chemical Dependency Services

                                 Brookside Hospital

                                 Nashua, New Hampshire 08063

1990-1992               Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

                                 Child and Adolescent Services

                                 Center for Life Management

                                 Salem, New Hampshire 03079

1990-1991                Adolescent Psychiatrist

                                 Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services

                                  Nashua Brookside Hospital

                                  29 Northwest Boulevard

                                  Nashua, New Hampshire 08063

1984-1990                Adolescent and Adult Staff Psychiatrist

                                  Hampstead Hospital

                                  East Road

                                  Hampstead, New Hampshire 03841  

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Selected Consultative Services

                                   Judicial Council of California and the

                                   Administrative Office of the Courts.

                                   National Association of Juvenile and Family

                                   Court Judges.

                                   California Department of Social Services

                                   Juvenile Probation (various counties).

                                   Santa Clara County Steering Committee on

                                   Juvenile Detention Reform.

                                   The Bishop's Taskforce on Misconduct in the

                                   Clergy.

                                   Juvenile and Family Courts (various counties)

                                   Walter R. McDonald and Associates

                                   Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

                                   Latino Social Workers Association

                                   Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

                                   Prevention

                                   (OJJDP)

                                   (Others on request)

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Professional Organizational Memberships

                     National Association of Juvenile and Family Court

                     Judges

                     American College of Physician Executives

                     National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

                     American Association of Community Psychiatrist

                     (AACP)

                     American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

                     (AACAP)

                     American Psychiatric Association

                    American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

                     American College of Physician Executives

                     Association for Community Psychiatry

                     California Psychiatric Society

                     Harvard Medical School Alumni Association

                     National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

                     Western Correctional Association  

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Research and Development:  

1999 Non-Acute Risk Assessment Tool: Dangerousness to Others © 2000
1999 Non-Acute Risk Assessment Tool: Suicidal Behavior © 2000
1999 Non-Acute Risk Assessment Tool: Juvenile Sexual Offender - Recidivism © 2000
1998 Applied Ecosystemic Therapy in Ecological Context (ASTEC) Ecologically based interventions for youth with behavioral and emotional disorders
1996 Juvenile Probation Assessment of Recidivism Risk (J-ARR). Actuarial screening instrument for assessment of risk of re-offense in adolescent offender population (in development)
1995-1996 Development of Diagnostic Screening Protocols in a Juvenile Hall Population, Marin County Department of Probation.
1994-1995 Development of Diagnostic, Efficacy, and Outcome Monitoring Templates in an Adolescent Residential Treatment Center, Full Circle Residential Treatment Programs, Marin and Sonoma Counties.
1994-1995 The Measurement of Aggressivity in Adolescents, Development of the Adolescent Aggressivity Index (not yet normed or validated).
1993-1994 Differential Diagnosis of Antisocial Behaviors in Children and Adolescents.
1992 Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Affective Subtypes in 233 Consecutively Admitted Adolescent Inpatients (David E. Arredondo, MD, Stephen F. Butler, Ph.D.)
1991 Adolescent Inpatients: Problems in Differential Diagnosis; ADHD/Bipolar Disorder (David E. Arredondo, MD, John Backman, MD)
1991 The Association Between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Affective Illness in 296 Consecutively Admitted Adolescent and Children Inpatients (David E. Arredondo, MD, Stephen Butler, Ph.D.)
1990 Efficacy of Bupropion in Adolescent Major Depression (David Arredondo, MD, Melissa Streeter, John P. Docherty, MD)
1987 The Association Between Learning Disabilities, Cerebral Laterality and Psychiatric Diagnosis in Hospitalized Inpatients (David Arredondo, MD, Don Brandt, Ph.D.
1981 Neurophysiology Laboratory, Massachusetts Mental Health Center.
Pilot Video Project: "The awake-sleep transition in the suckling human neonate" (Alan Hobson, MD)
1980 Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School. Pilot project: Non-invasive observation of fibrillation thresholds in vitro by growing heart cells in tissue culture and using optical transduction - to the investigators knowledge this technique had never been previously used. (Pat Hogan, Ph.D.)
1979 Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. "The Effects of Post Synaptic Alpha Adrenergic Blockage on Ventricular Fibrillation Threshold in the Intact Dog." Lown Cardiovascular Laboratories, Department of Nutrition (Bernard Lown, MD)
1978 Independent Research, Amazon Basin, Peru. "The Delivery of Health Care in the Upper Amazon." Hospital Amazonico: Institute Linguistico de Verano, Hospital General dePucallpa, Yarinacocha, Peru (Luis Navarro Vidal, MD)

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Program Designs:

2000- 2001                 Court for Individualized Treatment of Adolescents (CITA) First juvenile mental health court designed in collaboration with multidisciplinary team including judges, district attorneys, public defenders, probation, and mental health providers.

1997- 1999                 Conceived and formally proposed the J-AID Program (Juvenile Alternatives to Institutionalization and Detention), a three county collaborative designed to provide the juvenile judiciary with community based alternatives for young offenders in a randomized field trial.  This alternative to CYA included paid work experience (California Conservation Corp.) and high intensity human monitoring (High Touch Program).  The 1997 Juvenile Justice Accountability Challenge Grant Proposal was written in collaboration with Tim Tabernik of Full Circle Programs, Inc.  Strategic advisor to Walter R. McDonald and Associates who perform the evaluation component of this 6 million dollar project.

1995- 1997                 Conceived and implemented a diagnostic screening and follow-up protocol for children upon detention in juvenile hall utilizing structured self report, nursing and mental health structured clinical interviews, and modified DISC for differentiating ADHD from Bipolar Disorder.

1994- 1995                 Conceived and implemented a diagnostic, follow-up, and outcome monitoring protocol for children in residential treatment utilizing structured diagnostic assessment and follow-up instruments. Children are followed using quantifiable assays of symptom severity, which have been normed and validated.

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Selected Presentations, References and Media Appearances:

2001             24th National Childrens’ Law Conference- The Effects of Violence on American Children, September 30, 2001, San Diego, California 

2000             Beyond the Bench XI- The Effects of Domestic Violence on
Children's Mental Health, December 7,2000, Los Angeles, CA 

1999            Judicial College of the Supreme Court of Ohio- Attachment, Bonding and Connectedness: Practical Implications for the Family Court, June 10, 1999 Oberlin, Ohio

1999             National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Attachment Bonding and Connectedness- Implications for the Social Service Practice and the Juvenile Court, March 23- 24, 1999 Minneapolis, Minnesota

1998                          PBS WETA (Public Broadcasting System) STRAIGHTTALK with Derek McKinty: KIDS IN TROUBLE October 13, 1998 (Syndicated Nationally)

1998                          US News and World Report Vol. 124 Number 21 Early Warning Signs in Children at High Risk for Violence

1998            University of California at Berkeley, Department of Social

                    Welfare “The Neurobiological and Psychological Basis of

                    Human Connectedness Implications for Child Welfare and

                    Juvenile Justice,” (Live Interactive Telecast to 19

                    Universities)

1997                         Judicial Council of California, Statewide of Family Court Services, Administrative Office of the Courts: "Attention to the Child: The Psychology and Neurobiology of Human Relatedness,"

1996             Beyond the Bench VIII, December 12, 1996, Essential Information on the Developmental Neurobiology of Children: "Ramifications for Placement Decisions in Child Welfare and Juvenile Court,"

1995                      Langley Porter Department of Children and Adolescent   Psychiatry, The University of California at San Francisco, The Treatment of  Juvenile Delinquents," Clinical Case Conference

1993             American Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals, "Bupropion Treatment of Adolescent Depression," David E. Arredondo, MD, John Docherty, MD, Melissa Streeter, B.A.

1993             American Psychiatric Association - Chairperson of Symposium "Pharmacotherapy of Adolescent Major Depression."  Presentors Barbara Geller, MD, Paul Ambrosini, MD, Linda Zamvil, MD, Martin Teicher, MD, David E. Arredondo, MD