Articles by Gene Beresin, Executive Director
Gene Beresin, MD, MA is executive director of The MGH Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and a staff child and adolescent psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also a full professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. To learn more about Gene, or to contact him directly, please see Our Team.
My Child Hates The Thought Of Having A New Sibling
September 18, 2013
My Child Hates The Thought Of Having A New Sibling
I recall sort of blowing off my concerns that my older daughter wouldn’t welcome her soon-to-be-born sibling. After all, I have a sister, and we get along OK. Lots of people have siblings. How bad can it be? One of my mentors helped me to think about this using a simple and telling thought experiment. […]
Mental Illness And Society: Prisons, Rehabilitation And Prevention
Mental Illness And Society: Prisons, Rehabilitation And Prevention
Our prisons are loaded with teenagers and adults who suffer from psychiatric disorders. Kids who are incarcerated have a 60% or higher rate of psychiatric syndromes according to most studies—this is roughly three times higher than the 20% of kids with psychiatric illness who are currently not incarcerated. How can we understand these numbers? Psychiatrists, […]
Does My Child Have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? How Would I Know?
Does My Child Have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? How Would I Know?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Some kids just can’t seem to do what we expect of them, even the simplest of things—in school, at home and with other kids. It’s not hard to see why they get labeled: sloppy, lazy, disorganized, won’t listen; or worse—defiant, self-centered, impossible to manage. And, it’s pretty easy to understand why […]
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