STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVE: Adolescent Decision Making
Watch this video to find out what Dr. Mary Ott, adolescent medicine doctor at Indiana University, has to say about adolescent decision making.
Adolescent Decision-Making With Dr. Mary Ott
If you would like more information on the changes in actual brain structure during adolescence, click here.
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Resources
1. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, neuroscientist, TED Talk, “The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain":https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain?language=en
2. Kathryn Mills and Jeya Anandakumar, “The Adolescent Brain is Literally Awesome.” Frontiers in Young Minds. 2020. https://kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.2020.000753.
3. UNICEF Innocenti, “The Adolescent Brain – A Second Window of Opportunity”. https://www.unicef-irc.org/adolescent-brain (video) and https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/adolescent_brain_a_second_window_of_opportunity_a_compendium.pdf (publication)
4. Hein IM, et al. Informed consent instead of assent is appropriate in children from the age of twelve: Policy implications of new findings on children’s competence to consent to clinical research. BMC Medical Ethics. 2015. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12910-015-0067-z