In fall 2021, a coalition of the nation’s leading experts in pediatric health—including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Children’s Hospital Association—issued a joint declaration of national emergency in child and adolescent mental health.
Dr. Beth Stormshak is the Director of the Prevention Science Institute at the University of Oregon and the Philip H. Knight Chair and Department Head of the Counseling Psychology and Human Services department in the College of Education. Her research focuses on understanding risk factors in early and middle childhood associated with the development of problem behavior in late adolescence, including substance use and delinquency.