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.
Stimulants! Myths, Misconceptions & Managing the Shortage, feat. Anthony Rostain, MD, MA – Shrinking It Down
December 20, 2023
Stimulants! Myths, Misconceptions & Managing the Shortage, feat. Anthony Rostain, MD, MA – Shrinking It Down
What role should prescription stimulants play in a child’s ADHD treatment plan? Tune in below, or wherever you stream. Today, Gene and Khadijah are joined by Tony Rostain, MD, MA, chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Cooper University Health Care, to discuss this and more. How do you talk to your child about stimulants? […]
Lonely College Students: What Can We Do to Help? – Shrinking It Down
November 16, 2023
Lonely College Students: What Can We Do to Help? – Shrinking It Down
Recent national surveys show that a significant proportion of college students report having felt overwhelmed, anxious, and lonely during college. If college is supposed to be the “best years of your life” then why are so many students lonely? That’s what Dr. Gene Beresin and Dr. Khadijah Booth Watkins dive into today: what’s contributing to […]
How Can Young People Combat Teen Loneliness?
How Can Young People Combat Teen Loneliness?
Teen loneliness. It seems the opposite of what most folks would think, but more and more surveys are finding that teenagers and young adults today may be lonelier than any other age group – even older adults. In May 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General released an advisory calling attention to Our Epidemic of Loneliness and […]
Fears & Phobias in Kids, feat. Susan Sprich, PhD – Shrinking It Down
October 23, 2023
Fears & Phobias in Kids, feat. Susan Sprich, PhD – Shrinking It Down
Fears and phobias are not the same thing. All of us have fears – kids and adults alike. Many of us even enjoy a good scare now and again (there’s a reason why horror movies do so well). And most fears in our children – real or imagined – eventually respond to reassurance, emotional calming, […]
Fear of the Dark? 16 Ways to Help Your Child
October 12, 2023
Fear of the Dark? 16 Ways to Help Your Child
Halloween is almost here, and its presence is inescapable – from commercials and scary movies on TV to ghosts, goblins, and menacing figures in neighbors’ yards. And while it is an exciting and highly anticipated time for many kids, some look upon it with dread. Though the technical fear of Halloween, Samhainphobia, is not listed […]
Coping With Gun Violence, Together, feat. Gretchen Felopulos, PhD (Shrinking It Down)
June 15, 2023
Coping With Gun Violence, Together, feat. Gretchen Felopulos, PhD (Shrinking It Down)
With increasing gun violence and constant media coverage, many kids are scared to go to concerts, to malls, to school. Tune in below, or search for “Shrinking It Down” wherever you get your podcasts. Many adults are feeling the same – coping with gun violence can be paralyzing. Today, special guest Gretchen Felopulos, PhD, the […]
Our Epidemic of Loneliness: Recommendations for Parents and Caregivers
June 8, 2023
Our Epidemic of Loneliness: Recommendations for Parents and Caregivers
On May 3, 2023, The United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new Advisory calling attention to the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in our country. The Advisory lays out a framework for a National Strategy to Advance Social Connection and contains a broad range of recommendations including […]
Autism: Making the Transition to College, feat. Chris Keary, MD
May 18, 2023
Autism: Making the Transition to College, feat. Chris Keary, MD
Starting college for the first time can be a big deal for all kids, but for those with Autism Spectrum Disorder there’s even more to consider for making it a smooth transition. As parents, how do we provide the best support? How involved should we be? Special guest Dr. Christopher Keary of the MGH Lurie […]
Digital Vigilance and Our Kids
April 20, 2023
Digital Vigilance and Our Kids
We’ve reached a point in time where most of our kids have grown up with digital media as a way of life. Social media, instant viral news, e-learning, digital surveillance – it’s all here to stay. And it’s not all bad. But there are some legitimate concerns about how it’s impacting the mental health and […]
Reflecting on the Recent Tragedy in Nashville
March 30, 2023
Reflecting on the Recent Tragedy in Nashville
We are deeply saddened by the school shooting in Nashville. And while our hearts go out and we grieve with the parents and families of those slain, we should be outraged that the United States has one of the highest rates of gun-related deaths in the world. When we look exclusively at high-income countries and […]
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