The Teen Brain: Under Construction

Learn about the changes and development of the teen brain; how stress, drugs and alcohol affect the brain; and the significance for the development of emotional and substance abuse disorders at a May 14 community forum hosted by the Canton League of Women Voters and NAMI Farmington Valley.

Hilary P. Blumberg, M.D. professor of psychiatry in the Child Study Center and of diagnostic radiology, and director of the Mood Disorders Research Program at Yale School of Medicine, will speak at 6:30 p.m. Thurs. May 14 at the Canton Community Center (lower level), 40 Dyer Ave., Canton.

This forum is sponsored by the Canton League of Women Voters and NAMI Farmington Valley, an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

The Canton League of Women Voters recently concluded a year-long study of mental health resources in the Farmington Valley that found: 

-          Services that are currently available to valley residents are multiple and increasing, but are not available to all because of numerous obstacles;

-          Barriers to receiving service are numerous and include lack of transportation, lack of insurance, a shortage of psychiatrists and more, and

-          Solutions are possible. The report urges specific public and private measures that would increase access to care. 

The report is available at http://canton.lwvconnecticut.org/news--events.html