Andrew Clark, MD, Head of Medical Student Education on Juvenile Solitary Confinement

Andrew Clark, Director of Medical Student Education, was recently interviewed in a piece on solitary confinement for teenagers in The New Yorker magazine.  The article profiles Jermaine Gotham, whose stints in solitary confinement, starting at the age of sixteen, had profound implications due to his age as well as his experience with trauma and mental health. Read the New Yorker article here.  Also, check out an article Dr Clark authored entitled “Juvenile Solitary Confinement as a Form of Child Abuse,” which was published in September in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law here.