Dr. Ross Greene in conversation with Dr Nirav Shah
Thu, May 29
|Freeport Performing Arts Center
Teens in Mental Health Crisis: Is this the defining mental health issue of our time?


Time & Location
May 29, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St, Freeport, ME 04032, USA
About the Event
Multiple public health experts have raised the alarm recently that social media use is a main contributor to depression, anxiety and other problems in the nation's teenagers. Schools, teens and families alike are struggling to find a path through this minefield. Our experts, Dr Greene and Dr Shah, will discuss the problem and pathways toward addressing this critical national issue.
Dr Ross Greene is an American clinical child psychologist. The author of several books on child behavior—including The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings—Greene originated the evidence-based Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS) model of intervention. He is the founding director of the non-profit Lives in the Balance, and developed and executive produced the documentary film, The Kids We Lose. Greene received his undergraduate degree at the University of Florida and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Virginia Tech. His academic appointments include the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech, the Faculty of Science at the University…