Karen L. Swartz, M.D., is a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She received her B.A. from Princeton University and her M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is the Director of Clinical and Educational Programs at the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center. Dr. Swartz holds the Myra S. Meyer Professorship in Mood Disorders. She is founder and director of the Adolescent Depression Awareness Program (ADAP), a school-based program designed to educate high school students, faculty, and parents about adolescent depression. Now in its 25th year, the ADAP curriculum has been taught to more than 130,000 high school students. More information about ADAP is available at the program’s website: www.ADAPeducation.org
Karen L. Swartz, M.D.
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