Deciphering the teenage brain

Tips for Parents:
  1. Give Her Space (to form her own ideas)
  2. Put Your Foot Down (when they go too far)
  3. Nurture Your Daughter
  4. Don't Try to "Act" Cool

Louann Brizendin's bestselling first book is "The Female Brain." It is being translated into 21 languages. Buy the book.

  • Louann Brizendin's website: www.louannbrizendine.com
  • About Loann Brizendin: www.ucsf.edu/brizlab

    Loann Brizendin's bio:
    Louann Brizendine, M.D. completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine and did her internship and residency at Harvard Medical School. She has also served on both the faculties of Harvard University and University of California at San Francisco.

    Now at UCSF, Dr. Brizendine pursues active clinical, teaching, writing and research activities. She founded the UCSF Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic in 1994 and continues to serve as the clnic's director. The Women's Mood and Hormone Clinic is a unique clinic designed to assess and treat women of all ages experiencing disruption of mood, concentration, energy, anxiety, sexual function and well-being related to hormonal influences on the brain. Couples having relationship difficulties due to these hormonal issues are also seen in the clinic. Her bestselling first book is The Female Brain. it is being translated into 21 languages.

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