11. Dr. Marshall Korenblum and the Stages of Adolescence
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Marshall Korenblum who has worked for over 40 years as a community-based child and adolescent psychiatrist and researcher.
In this episode we speak about
- The stages of adolescence
- How to engage a teen by appealing to their need for acceptance and autonomy
- Stigma and building mental health literacy
- How to support teens as they develop their identity and their values
He condenses his experience and expertise into some great phrases, analogies and frameworks–and if you’ve listened to this podcast before, you likely know I love a good framework. I found this episode incredibly helpful for understanding teens and where they are developmentally and I am sure you will too.
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A Glance at the Episode
>>>2:43: Why he became a child and adolescent psychiatrist and what he loves about working with teens
>>>10:10: Mental health care access issues (limited resources and fragmented services); the importance of mental health literacy; stigma
>>>18:50: What contributes to resilience and promotes teen engagement; the role of culture and temperament
>>>26:02: Stages of adolescence
>>>38:20: Helping teens develop their identity and their values
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Bio and Additional Resources
Dr. Korenblum is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Psychiaty, University of Toronto. He has been a practising child& adolescent psychiatrist for over 40 years. He is on staff at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health. He consults to a number of schools as well as the Children's Aid Society. He is a passionate believer in public education and reduction of stigma.
Books Recommended by Dr. Korenblum
- Brainstorm: The power and purpose of the teenage brain, by Daniel J. Siegel, Tarcher/Penguin, 2013
- And then they stopped talking to me: Making sense of middle school, by Judith Warner, Crown, 2020
- Ready or not: Preparing our kids to thrive in an uncertain and rapidly changing world, by Madeline Levine, Harper Collins, 2020
- The teenage brain: A neuroscientist's survival guide to raising adolescents and young adults, by Frances E. Jensen, Harper Collins, 2015
- Age of opportunity: Lessons from the new science of adolescence, by Laurence Steinberg, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014
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Resources
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