About COHMED

Formed in 2022, the Council on Healthy Mental and Emotional Development supports the AAP’s strategic focus of addressing the mental health needs of infants, children, adolescents, and families.

Vision

A world where all children thrive.

Mission

To advance healthy infant, child, adolescent, and young adult mental and emotional development through innovation and partnership with families and child-serving professionals

COHMED Strategic Plan

COHMED’s strategic plan is organized around four key areas:

• Advancing mental health of infants, children, and adolescents through advocacy and policy
• Creating a culture of pediatric leadership in infant, child, adolescent, and family mental health nationally and globally
• Building partnerships for solutions to advance infant, child, and adolescent mental health nationally and globally.
• Equipping members with knowledge, skills, and resources through education to support the healthy mental and emotional development of infants, children, adolescents, and families in clinical practices.

In execution of this strategic plan, COHMED will act in alignment with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Equity Agenda to advance the overall goal to eliminate health inequities and disparities and to promote equity in healthy mental and emotional development in infants, children, adolescents, young adults, and families.

COHMED recognizes the role of all pediatricians, including both primary care pediatricians and pediatric specialists in supporting healthy mental and emotional development in infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. This plan is intended to support all pediatricians in collaboration with child-serving professionals and organizations.

View the strategic plan of the council.