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Webinar Overview

This webinar will review: 1) current rates of anxiety and depression in adolescents; 2) normative adolescent development; 3) characteristics of social media; 4) current use of social media by adolescents; 5) research findings on the impact of social media on adolescent mental health. Then, prevention strategies, with a focus on “healthy habits”, including social media guidelines, good sleep hygiene, healthful eating, sufficient exercise, and meditation/prayer will be discussed. This webinar is being hosted by the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Division 53 of the American Psychological Association.

After the webinar, Dr. Brian Allen will address individual questions for a month after the webinar. Exclusive to SCCAP members, a topic-specific Forum has been created on our new Webinar Forum feature on https://sccap53.org. Members will log-on, sign-up for updates, and ask questions of our guest speaker. Questions and topics will be threaded so that members can respond and communicate around all the hottest themes.