FEATURING
Mitch Prinstein, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
TITLE
Predicting Adolescent Suicidal Behavior
ABSTRACT
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents and young adults, yet remains a remarkably understudied area. Our recent work has examined atypical acute interpersonal stress responses that may be associated prospectively with self-injury trajectories among adolescent girls. Recent research integrates developmental psychopathology, neuroscience, and genomics research that may help explain the dramatic increase in suicidal behavior at the adolescent transition.
BIO
Mitch Prinstein is the John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the Clinical Program. Dr. Prinstein is active in two programs of developmental psychopathology research examining:
1. Interpersonal-Cognitive Models of Adolescent Depression and Self-Injury
2. Peer Influence and Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors
Dr. Prinstein also maintains a long-standing commitment to professional development in psychology.
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