September 30, 2010
Blurb
A public humiliation ends in tragedy when a Rutgers University student commits suicide. Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman of Columbia Psychiatry and the New York State Psychiatric Institute talks to ABC about the likely trauma the student experienced and why it prompted his suicide.
The brains of people in late adolescence still are developing, making some unusually sensitive to any assault on their psyches. "They are very prone to take things to an extreme," Lieberman said. "So what may be an insult or a setback to an adult, to an adolescent is the end of the world."
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The brains of people in late adolescence still are developing, making some unusually sensitive to any assault on their psyches. "They are very prone to take things to an extreme," Lieberman said. "So what may be an insult or a setback to an adult, to an adolescent is the end of the world."
Learn more at ABC
Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman talks to ABC about the likely trauma the student experienced and why it prompted his suicide.