Mental Health in the Digital Age

Sheri Bauman is a professor emerita in the College of Education at the University of Arizona, USA. She is the author of Special Topics for Helping Professionals and Cyberbullying: What Counselors Need to Know, and is lead editor of Principles of Cyberbullying Research: Definition, Measures, and Methods. Ian Rivers is Associate Principal and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences At the University of Strathclyde. He has a background in education and psychology, particularly the study of forms of  discrimination and bullying behavior.

1. Introduction.- 2. Mental Health Online: Fact or Fiction?.-3. Mental Health Treatment Online.- 4. Social Media and Forms of Connectedness.- 5. Digital Aggression, Cyberbullying, and the Impact of COVID-19.- 6. Information Overload and Zoom Fatigue.- 7. Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Online Games.- 8. "The Self" Online.- 9. Conclusion.

"This book is a must-read for academics, scholars, psychologists, psychiatrists, and professionals working in the area of self-assessment and treatment of mental problems. Many of the references in the book are recent since it covers studies on the COVID-19 pandemic, which makes the book worthwhile reading." (Lalit Saxena, Computing Reviews, April 24, 2024)