Debunking Myths About the Teenage Brain with Dr. Daniel Siegel

May 6, 2022 — Season 2

Special Mental Health Correspondent Deesha Panchal interviews Dr. Daniel Siegel, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Siegel explains that teens are not “raging” with hormones, as many people think. Instead, what’s really going on? The teenage brain is being remodeled. Read more about Dr. Siegel’s work here. Click here for this episode’s transcript.

This episode was produced by Student Reporting Labs Youth Media Producer Briget Ganske, with help from production assistant, Jaylah Moore Ross.