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Ask the Experts—WebinarGrowing Up Lonely? Child Connection and Isolation in the Digital Age
Are today’s children lonelier than past generations? How are digital devices and social media shaping their ability to connect, and what does that mean for their long-term emotional and social well-being?
Social RelationshipsMental HealthSocial MediaSpeakersJulianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Director of the Social Connections Lab, Brigham Young University
Jeffrey Hall, PhD
Professor of Communication Studies, University of Kansas
Khadijah B. Watkins, MD, MPH, DFAACAP
Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training, Associate Director, The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Milena Batanova, MA, PhD
Director of Research and Evaluation at Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Ask the Experts—WebinarMental Health Apps, ChatBots, and Digital Therapy for Kids: What You Need to Know
The escalating adolescent mental health crisis has been met with a new array of digital solutions--how are these new digital resources shaping the future of mental health care for youth?
Mental HealthEmerging TechnologySpeakersVaile Wright, PhD
Senior Director, Health Care Innovation, American Psychological Association
Henry Willis, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Program, University of Maryland, College Park
Elsa Friis, PhD
Head of Mental Health, Alongside
Ava Shropshire
Youth Advisor, Alongside; Neuroscience Student at Washington University
Stephen Schueller, PhD
Professor of Psychological Science and Informatics, University of California, Irvine
Nicole Martinez-Martin, JD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics
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Ask the Experts—WebinarEarly Childhood Mental Health and Digital Media
How does digital media use affect early child development and mental health? How should care providers approach technology use in order to protect and promote mental health in young children (ages 0-5)?
Mental HealthParentingSpeakersDimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
Director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle Children’s Research Institute; Chief Science Officer, Children and Screens
Gilbert Foley, EdD
Consulting Clinical Psychologist, New York Center for Child Development; Clinical Co- Director, NYC Early Childhood Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Center
Stephanie Jones, PhD
Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Child Development and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Lisa Linder, PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Professor of Child and Family Development, San Diego State University
Joan Luby, MD
Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Child Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine
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Ask the Experts—WebinarCopycat: Social Contagion, Online Viral Behavior, and Youth
What should parents and caregivers know about vulnerability to social contagion—and how is it being supercharged by the large volume of digital content and social media algorithms?
Social MediaMedia LiteracyMental HealthParentingPhysical HealthSpeakersVicki Harrison, MSW
Program Director, Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
Andrea Giedinghagen, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, PhD, MMSc
Professor of Public Health, Head of the Public Mental Health Research Unit, Deputy Head of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Vienna
Pamela Wisniewski, PhD
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Flowers Family Fellow in Engineering, University of Vanderbilt
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Ask the Experts—WebinarYouth Self-Esteem and Identity: The Media(ted) Self
What are the risks and opportunities for forming a positive and healthy sense of self in a hyper-connected age?
Mental HealthBody ImageSocial MediaSpeakersLinda Charmaraman, PhD
Senior Research Scientist; Director
Elizabeth Daniels, PhD
Professor and Director
Lauren McInroy, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
Chia-chen Yang, PhD
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
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Ask the Experts—WebinarDepression: Youth Mental Health and Digital Media
What relationship does digital media use have with depressive disorders in youth? Part two of a mental health series.
Mental HealthSpeakersMitch Prinstein, PhD, ABPP
Chief Science Officer, American Psychological Association
Vicki Harrison, MSW
Program Director, Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
Anne Maheux, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Winston Family Distinguished Fellow, Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain, and Psychological Development
Janis Whitlock, PhD
Scientist Emerita, Cornell University; Founder and Director, Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery
Lizzy Winstone, PhD
Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, UK
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Ask the Experts—WebinarAnxiety: Youth Mental Health and Digital Media
The first in a set of webinars investigating two of the most common mental health struggles of youth today: anxiety and depression.
Mental HealthSocial MediaSpeakersSandra Whitehouse, PhD
Senior Director; Senior Psychologist
Erin Berman, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Sandra Fritsch, MD
Medical Director
Sarah Myruski, PhD
Assistant Research Professor in Psychology; Associate Lab Director
Henry Willis, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Ask the Experts—WebinarScreen Extremes: Children and Digital Addictions
Many children and teens spend several hours daily on screens for entertainment. When does heavy use of digital media turn into an addiction, and what can parents do?
Digital AddictionMental HealthSleep HealthVideo GamingSpeakersMarc N. Potenza, MD, PhD
Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, Director
Naomi Fineberg, MBBS, MA, MRCPsych
Professor of Psychiatry; Consultant Psychiatrist
Jason Nagata, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Clifford Sussman, MD
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist; Internet and Gaming Addiction Specialist; Volunteer Clinical Faculty
Elaine Uskoski
Video gaming addiction speaker, author, and coach; Family Coach