Like physical health, mental health requires awareness, care, management and vigilance. As the world comes to grips with the enormity and urgency of our global mental health crisis, we need to take stock of all tools at our disposal. To do this, there is value to segmenting all of life's stages - childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood, middle age and retirement - to determine the distinct mental health and brain development needs of each. This panel will explore how specific factors - such as childhood traumas, bullying, suicidality, addiction and social isolation - affect mental health over a lifetime in order to uncover the best ways to build, maintain and reinforce mental health resilience from cradle to grave.

Moderator

Melissa Stevens, Executive Director, Center for Strategic Philanthropy, Milken Institute

Speakers

Cynthia Germanotta, President and Co-Founder, Born This Way Foundation

Joshua Gordon, Director, National Institute of Mental Health

Howard Spivak, Principal Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice

Nora Super, Director of Policy and Programs, Center for the Future of Aging, Milken Institute

Jennifer Velez, Executive Vice President, Community and Behavioral Health, RWJBarnabas Health