The third edition of Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders: What We Know and What We Don’t Know is an extensive overview of the major mental health disorders that can emerge during adolescence. Sponsored by the Adolescent Mental Health Initiative, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania and The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, the updated third edition provides a significant expansion of the 2017 second edition, including the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and the latest research in gambling addiction, problematic internet use, and strategies to reduce the stigma of mental health conditions. In this new edition, experts in adolescent mental health describe the characteristics and risks of anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use, eating disorders, and suicidal behavior, and assess the available treatment and prevention strategies. In each case, the authors suggest a research agenda based on what we do and don’t yet know about these conditions and behaviors. Integrating the work of eminent scholars in the field of adolescent mental health, this work will serve as an essential resource for mental health professionals and policy makers alike about what will be needed to improve our nation’s response to promoting the well-being of adolescents.
Authors
- Maria A. Oquendo, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Dan Romer, Ph.D., Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center
- Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Martin E. Franklin, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus, Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Raquel E. Gur, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Kyle Kampman, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Moira Rynn, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine
- Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
- Robyn Sysko, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
- B. Timothy Walsh, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
