Lynn Ponton, MD
Clinical Psychiatrist, Educator, Advocate, Writer
Lynn Ponton, MD
Clinical Psychiatrist, Educator, Advocate, Writer
Lynn Ponton, MD
Clinical Psychiatrist, Educator, Advocate, Writer
Lynn Ponton, MD In addition to working as a professor of psychiatry at UCSF, I am a practicing psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, as well as the author of The Romance of Risk: Why Teenagers Do the Things They Do and The Sex Lives of Teenagers: Revealing the Secret World of Adolescent Boys and Girls. In my practice I work primarily with adolescents, focusing on risk behaviors such as sexual experimentation and eating disorders. I enjoy writing and have been published widely in scholarly journals, textbooks, newspapers, magazines, editorials, online and have been interviewed by numerous television and radio shows, magazines, and newspapers. I also write fiction, including the novel Metis about a mixed-blood Native family and an upcoming novel about sexual harassment in medicine entitled Legacy.
Current Writing
I have always found value in writing. For me, it offers a powerful tool for sharing secrets of my chosen field of psychology, and even more importantly, of life itself.
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Advocacy
I have a strong commitment to advocacy, particularly in understanding and addressing the needs of abused children within the state of California and nationwide.
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Teaching
I enjoy working with others who have strong passions for psychiatry and psychotherapy. I have been fortunate to have had many good teachers.
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