Technology and Adolescent Mental Health (eBook)

Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Academic Division Chief for General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Vice Chair of Digital Health. Dr. Moreno is Principal Investigator for the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT), whose research focuses on the intersection of technology and adolescent health.Ana Radovic, MD, MSc is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. Dr. Radovic's main research interest is in increasing the use of mental health services for adolescents with depression or anxiety, and specifically how to use aspects of technology such as social media to approach this problem. She is Principal Investigator for the Supporting Our Valued Adolescents (SOVA) project.

Preface Section 1 Epidemiology of mental health and technology Chapter 1: An Overview of Adolescent Mental Health Chapter 2: Adolescents Seeking Online Health Information: Topics, Approaches, and Challenges Chapter 3: How Mental Health Conditions affect Online Use and Access Chapter 4: Technology Use Among Special populations Section 2 Associations between mental health symptoms and technology use Chapter 5: Positive and negative associations between adolescent mental health and technology Chapter 6: Social Media Use and Display of Depressive Symptoms Online by Adolescents and Young Adults Chapter 7: Cyberbullying and mental health Chapter 8: Media Multitasking and Mental Health Chapter 9: Internet gaming disorder Chapter 10: When Does Internet and Smartphone Use Become a Problem? Section 3 Use of Technology for Diagnosis, Intervention, and Treatment Chapter 11: Identifying mental health symptoms using technology Chapter 12: Social Media Data for Online Adolescent Suicide Risk Identification: Considerations for Integration within Platforms, Clinics, and Schools Chapter 13: Telemental health Chapter 14: Social Media Interventions for Adolescents and Young People with Depression and Psychosis Chapter 15: The role of texting in addressing mental health Chapter 16: Online Therapy for Adolescent Mental Health Chapter 17: Video Games and their Impact on Teens’ Mental Health Chapter 18: Apps for Mental Health Chapter 19: Comprehensive approaches using technology to address mental health