“We found that gender identity is not the primary driver of mental health. Mental health is related to the environment young people are living in,” said NSCA member Stephen Russell, describing results from a new study that he co-authored.
At a Philadelphia Learning Collaborative forum entitled “Making (Brain) Waves,” Co-Executive Director Andrew Fuligni spoke to teachers and administrators about adolescent brain development in an effort to design more effective school programs.
Founding Director of CDA Ron Dahl is quoted in the new Science article about adolescence in the animal kingdom. According to Dahl, the common findings about adolescence that researchers have discovered across species could “have clinical and policy implications” for supporting human adolescents.
