Mar 23, 2018
What Data Can (and Can't) Teach Us about the Opioid Epidemic for Youth
Since 1999, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids...
Mar 21, 2018
A Dilemma in Suicide Prevention: Parents are Unaware of Their Teens' Suicidal Thoughts
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Mar 16, 2018
Implications of AAP's New Guidelines for Adolescent Depression: Part Two
In response to increases in adolescent depression and suicide over the past decade, providers, health systems and professional societies are...
Mar 15, 2018
Adolescent Health in an Evolving Health Care Landscape: Part Three
Editor’s Note: When we first started this adolescent health blog post series, we couldn’t have anticipated how many policies and proposals...
Morgan Bush
Clinical Research Assistant
Oct 30, 2017
“How Are You Feeling?” Early Mental Health Intervention for Kids with Chronic Conditions Matters
“How are you feeling?” It’s a common question kids are asked when they visit the doctor. Typically, the clinician is asking about their...
Oct 02, 2017
Math, English and Depression Prevention: The Importance of Addressing Mental Health Challenges in Schools
A typical day for a high schooler may involve balancing chemistry equations, analyzing classic novels and memorizing key facts and figures from...
Jami Young PhD
Faculty Member
Dr. Young’s research focuses on adolescent depression. This includes understanding vulnerabilities for depression, developing and evaluating preventive interventions for depression, and the screening and provision of evidence-based interventions for depression in community and primary care settings.
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Sep 12, 2017
Suicide Prevention for Ethnically and Racially Diverse Youth
Did you know that African American males under the age of 12 are dying by suicide at greater rates than Caucasian males of the same age? Or that...