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Dr. Kenneth Duckworth

Medical Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Dr. Ken Duckworth serves as the medical director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Triple board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Adult, Child and Adolescent, and Forensic Psychiatry, Dr. Duckworth has extensive experience in the public health arena.

First serving as Acting Commissioner of Mental Health and the Medical Director for Department of Mental Health of Massachusetts, then as a psychiatrist on a Program Assertive Community Treatment team, Dr. Duckworth was also Medical Director of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center for eight years.

Dr. Duckworth won the award for Clinical Excellence from the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society as well as teaching awards from Boston University, for his work at Harvard Medical School, and from the American Psychiatric Association. He was also a recipient of the Ken and Rona Purdy Award for his work to combat stigma.

Dr. Duckworth attended the University of Michigan where he graduated with honors in 1981 and Temple University School of Medicine where he was named to the medical honor society, AOA. While at Temple, he won awards for his work in psychiatry and neurology.

Dr. Duckworth is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard University Medical School. He is also a board member of the American Association of Community Psychiatrists.

Dr. Duckworth has served as a school consultant for a decade, has had an active private practice, and currently does community mental health work with Vinfen Corporation in Boston as their Medical Director.