March 21, 2011
Publication: Time
Featured Expert: Jack P. Shonkoff
Link: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2058206,00.html
This article by Jeffrey Kluger from Time magazine takes a closer look at the emerging field of infant mental health research and how children can develop conditions such as depression and anxiety in the first years of life, earlier than previously thought possible. It quotes Center Director Jack P. Shonkoff on how unmitigated stresses in young children can affect brain development.