In response to "Hysteria and the Teenage Girl," an opinion piece in the Times, Temple psychologist Laurence Steinberg argued that girls are not universally destined for emotionally intense adolescences. "Scientists have long abandoned the view that puberty inevitably induces periods of temporary insanity akin to that portrayed in 'The Exorcist,'" he wrote. "The notion that all adolescent girls, even normally developing ones, need to 'get better' perpetuates a dangerous stereotype that may lead parents to ignore signs of serious psychological difficulty warranting professional intervention."