Marshall Korenblum, MD, FRCP(C)
presented by
SickKids CCMH Learning Institute
Live webinar
December 6, 2022 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST Depression is both a contributor to and symptom of “acting out” behaviour in youth. This webinar will provide a comprehensive framework for evaluating “acting out”. Signs and symptoms of depression, the difference between normal sadness and clinical disorder, and the causes of and treatment options for depression will be outlined. Changes in the adolescent brain that contribute to risk-taking will be explained. Stigma as a barrier to help-seeking and best practices in referring to psychiatry will be also clarified. Learning objectives: • Understand how changes in the teenage brain account for impulsivity, reward-seeking, and risk-taking in adolescents
• Appreciate the role of “masked depression” and irritability as contributors to acting out
• Describe the symptoms, differential diagnosis, causes, and treatment of depression in teens
• Develop an approach to the reduction of stigma and increase in help-seeking in teens Learn more
and save 15% with promo code CAVERSHAM15 About the Facilitator: Dr. Marshall Korenblum, MD, FRCP (C), Dip. Child Psych.
MD, FRCP(C), Dip. Child Psych. Dr. Marshall Korenblum, Medical Director at Hurvitz Centre for Community Mental Health, has been a practising child and adolescent psychiatrist for over 38 years. His clinical and research interests focus on the intersection of mood and personality disorder in adolescence, and he has completed training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Marshall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is also Consultant with the division of Youth Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and with Jewish Family and Child Services in Toronto. In 2017-18, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Sydney and University of Melbourne, Australia, and Consultant to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
Marshall is a passionate believer in public education and outreach and has consulted to numerous public and private schools over the years. He has been featured in several instructional videos concerning children’s mental health and has provided children's mental health knowledge translation for many media outlets.
website: https://sickkidscmh.ca/course/mad-sad-or-bad-the-role-of-depression-in-youth-acting-out-behaviour/ | 
