Christine M. Crawford

Christine Crawford, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine. Additionally, she’s the Medical Director for the Boston Public Health Commission’s School Based Clinician Program in which she provides direct guidance on how best to support the socioemotional wellbeing of children within the Boston Public School System. She is also the Associate Medical Director for NAMI, having been hand-picked by Dr. Ken Duckworth, author of YOU ARE NOT ALONE. On behalf of NAMI, she regularly engages with the general public, as well as with organizations, companies, healthcare providers, and fellow clinicians and researchers. She is also a trusted source of child mental health expertise for major media outlets including The New York Times , The Washington Post, NPR, The Boston Globe, NBC , and Medscape . She makes regular, on-camera appearances for the Today Show, Black News Channel , and local news affiliates of CBS, Fox, and ABC . She lives with her family in Boston, Massachusetts.