Dr. Steven Adelsheim
Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist | Associate Chair for Community Engagement, Stanford Department of Psychiatry | Director, Center for Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing
Steven Adelsheim, MD, is a child/adolescent psychiatrist and Associate Chair for Community Engagement at Stanford’s Department of Psychiatry, where he directs the Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing. Steve’s work is focused on early detection/intervention programs for young people. He leads the effort to bring allcove to the US, an integrated youth mental health model, which opened in June 2021 in Santa Clara County, with additional sites now in LA and San Mateo Counties, with 8 additional centers opening across California over the next 2 years.
Dr. Adelsheim also co-leads PEPPNET, the national clinical network for early psychosis programs, which is now part of the SAMHSA TA Center for Early Serious Mental Illness. Steve also co-directs the Media and Mental Health Initiative in Stanford’s Psychiatry Department. Dr. Adelsheim continues to work with Indigenous partners on expanding early intervention mental health supports for tribal youth through multiple training venues and works in school mental health support at the local, state and national levels.
Why Mental Health?
Over 20% of the population lives with a mental health or substance use disorder.
From academic achievement to economic mobility and overall equality, mental health and addiction play a central role in every major social issue.
Mindful Philanthropy envisions a world in which all funders are invested in solutions that integrate mental health and well-being so that all people have equitable access to the tools and resources they need to be well.
ABOUT
Mindful Philanthropy was founded in 2020 with the mission to catalyze impactful funding in mental health, addiction, and well-being.
We are building a community of funders invested in solutions that integrate mental health and well-being so that all people have equitable access to the tools and resources they need to be well.
