Dr. Lynn Elisabeth Ponton (born 3 October 1951) is a child and adolescent
psychiatrist and professor at the
University of California, San Francisco
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. She is the author of the books ''
The Sex Lives of Teenagers'' and ''
The Romance of Risk''. Her work in the area of adolescent risk-taking has had a high profile at a time of newfound sexual
conservatism
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. Her media publications include
MTV, ''
Salon.com
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Content and coverage
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'', ''
60 Minutes'', and many more.
Education
*1969–1973
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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: B.A., cum laude, biochemistry
*1973–1974
Pasteur Institute
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, Paris, France: research assistant, biochemistry
*1974–1978 University of Wisconsin, Madison: M.D., medicine
*1977–1978
Maudsley and King's College Medical School
*1978–1979
St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City: resident, pediatrics
*1979–1980
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: resident, adult psychiatry
*1980–1981 University of California, San Francisco: resident, adult psychiatry
*1981–1983 University of California, San Francisco: fellow, child and adolescent psychiatry
*1983–1992
San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute: psychoanalytic trainee
Faculty appointments
*1994–present, professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
*1988–1994, adjunct professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
*1983–1988, adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
Books
*''The Romance of Risk: Why Teenagers Do The Things They Do'' (1997)
*''The Sex Lives of Teenagers: Revealing the Secret World of Adolescent Boys and Girls'' (2000)
*''Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior (Issues in Clinical Child Psychology)'' (1996, Edited by Ralph DiClemente, William B. Hansen and Lynn E. Ponton)
See also
*
Adolescent sexuality
Adolescent sexuality is a stage of human development in which adolescents experience and explore sexual feelings. Interest in sexuality intensifies during the onset of puberty, and sexuality is often a vital aspect of teenagers' lives. Sexual in ...
*
Culture wars
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*
Adolescent psychology
External links
Lynn Ponton WebsiteLynn Ponton profile at UCSF
* ttps://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/health/a-conversation-with-lynn-ponton-an-expert-s-eye-on-teenage-sex-risk-and-abuse.html A Conversation with Lynn Ponton, New York Times
American psychiatrists
1951 births
Living people
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
University of California, San Francisco faculty
American women psychiatrists
21st-century American women
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