Teens, Screens, and Social Connection

Alma Spaniardi MDWeill Cornell Medicine NewYork-PresbyterianChild and Adolescent PsychiatryNew York, NY 
Janki Modi Avari MDWeill Cornell Medical College
White Plains, NY 

Alma Spaniardi, M.D. Service Chief of the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Department Payne Whitney Manhattan, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Assistant Attending Psychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Dr Spaniardi received her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and was a Phipps Resident in General Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She trained in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's combined program of Columbia and Cornell Universities. She has extensive experience working in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatry, including as an attending psychiatrist on the adolescent inpatient unit at NewYork-Presbyterian Cornell Westchester and as an outpatient psychiatrist with the New York University Child Study Center. Dr Spaniardi's clinical interests are quality improvement and the integration of psychiatry and pediatrics. She is an Editorial Board Member for the American College of Psychiatrists Resident's In-Training Examination (PRITE), regularly speaks at both national and international conferences and has contributed to several books on child psychiatr

Janki Modi Avari, M.D. Psychiatrist, child and adolescent psychiatrist, New York City Children's Center, Office of Mental Health-New York State. Dr. Avari completed her adult psychiatry training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. She went on to do her child psychiatry training at the NewYork-Presbyterian Child and Adolescent training program, associated with Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical College. In her final year of fellowship she was selected as a co-chief resident at Columbia University Medical Center. After graduation Dr. Avari accepted a position at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, where she remained for 8 years. She is an assistant clinic professor of psychiatry and during her time at Weill Cornell, she was recipient of teaching and service awards. She currently works at New York State Office of Mental Health focusing on treating child and adolescents with treatment resistant illness. Dr. Avari's areas of clinical interest are mood disorders and psychotic disorders in children and adolescents.

Introduction: We Are Living in a Digital World.- The Role of Media in Development: Early Childhood to Adolescence.- Healthy Internet Use: Is It Possible?.- Social Media and Screen Time in the Clinical Interview: What to Ask and What It Means.- Internet Gaming Disorder and Addictive Behaviors Online.- Social Media and Cyberbullying.- Sexuality on the Internet: Identity Exploration, Cybersex and Sexting.- Fear of Missing Out: Depression and the Internet.- Contribution of Social Media to Eating Disorders.- Culture, Race and Social Media.- Social Media's Influence on Identity Formation and Self Expression.- Autism and the Internet.- Peer to Peer Support and the Strength of Online Communities.- Internet Safety: Family and Clinician Protection of Kids Online.- Virtual Mental Health and Telepsychiatry: Opportunities and Challenges with Pediatric Patients.- Remote Education: How to Support Online Learning - Dawn Cunningham High School Educator.- Morality and Ethics: Doing the Right Thing Online.- Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Global Pandemic.