21st Century Children and Adolescents: Clinical Approaches

21st Century Children and Adolescents: Clinical Approaches is organized by William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis & Psychology and will be held from Jan 13 - Dec 08, 2025.

Description:
Every generation faces new challenges. Children born in the 21st century are clearly facing unique ones. Consider the events and issues affecting this generation:  September 11, 2001, ongoing, multiple school shootings, the pervasiveness of the internet and social media, the expanded use of smart phones, controversies and issues around nonbinary gender identification, the MeToo, Black Lives Matter, Climate Justice and Trans movements; donor babies (assisted reproduction) and the COVID-19 pandemic – to name a few.

As clinicians we are aware that the sociopolitical, cultural developments, and traumatic events are shaping the emotional and social lives of the children and adolescents we treat. This program will focus on contemporary clinical topics related to today’s challenges.