Nancy Rappaport
Cognoscenti contributor
Nancy Rappaport is a part-time associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a child psychiatrist at the Cambridge Health Alliance. She has been an attending child and adolescent psychiatrist with the Cambridge Public Schools for 23 years. She is author, with Jessica Minahan, of "The Behavior Code: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Teaching the Most Challenging Students."
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I'm a psychiatrist. To ease a heavy heart, try looking for 'the glimmers'
Harvard psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport often navigates challenging clinical problems by leaning on established theory. Lately she's been thinking about polyvagal theory -- which examines the science of safety and connection...
A letter, a flag, a Spider Man keychain: the relics first-year college students carry from home
In a small seminar about the lived experience of mental illness, psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport asks her students -- all in their first year -- to share one object they've brought...
What the shooting by a 6-year-old tells us about school violence in America
This tragic shooting illustrates why identifying high-risk children isn't enough to prevent school violence, writes Nancy Rappaport.
4 things parents must do for children after Uvalde — and every school shooting
Even as we witness unimaginable loss, even as we feel helpless, there are ways we can help our children, writes Nancy Rappaport.
How the school shooting in Michigan might have been prevented
The mass shooting at Oxford High School might have been avoided, writes Dr. Nancy Rappaport, had the school used a proven tool that’s known as a comprehensive safety assessment.
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How The Pandemic Changed Us: 5 Lessons From A Horrid Year
Life will never be just as it was before the pandemic, writes Dr. Nancy Rappaport, because we've changed. Here are her lessons from the pandemic.
COVID And Youth Suicide: How To Navigate Colliding Crises
For parents struggling with suicidal children amidst a deadly pandemic and great uncertainty, there are no easy answers, write child psychiatrists Nancy Rappaport and Meredith Gansner.
'Sadness Isn't Forever': Helping Kids Persevere Through The Pandemic
It's our jobs, as parents and educators, to help kids make sense of what they’re enduring and what comes next, writes Nancy Rappaport. That's difficult, because we’re still figuring it...
12 Million People A Year Are Abused By Their Partners. The Pandemic Is Making That Much Worse
Intimate partner violence is an enduring problem with a toxic twist added during the pandemic, writes Nancy Rappaport.
I'm Worried About The Psychological Toll On Health Care Workers. They Need Help
The aftermath of the pandemic on health workers won’t be rosy and will not be ameliorated by applause and idol worship in the media, writes Nancy Rappaport.