The Bullying Paradigm

By Steven Schlozman, MD, Gene Beresin, Executive Director and Ellen Braaten, PhD

Posted in: Grade School, Parenting Concerns, Teenagers

What is bullying?

Most of us have a sense of what it is, but there actually isn’t a clear definition of bullying. There are many contributing factors to the different forms of bullying, and there can be long-lasting impact on children – most significantly on victims of bullying, but also on bystanders, and on the bullies themselves.

Steve, Ellen, and Gene get more in depth about bullying in this short video for MassGeneral Hospital for Children, including providing advice for parents.

Watch now.

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Steven Schlozman, MD

Steven Schlozman, MD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS), course director of the psychopathology class for the MIT-HMS Program in Health, Sciences and Technology, and former co-director of the Clay Center for Youn...

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Gene Beresin, Executive Director

Gene Beresin, M.D. 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 ...

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Ellen Braaten, PhD

Ellen Braaten, PhD, is executive director of the Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, and former co-director for the MGH Clay Cente...

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The Bullying Paradigm