We’ve all seen the news: rates of anxiety and depression in adolescents have reached alarmingly high levels in recent years. What relationship does digital media use have with anxiety disorders in youth? What are the risk factors for developing anxiety, and what prevention and intervention strategies can parents, caregivers, educators, and clinicians employ to help children build resilience to online and offline stressors?
Children and Screens hosted the “Ask The Experts” webinar “Anxiety: Youth Mental Health and Digital Media” on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, the first in a set of webinars investigating two of the most common mental health struggles of youth today: anxiety and depression. A panel of clinical psychologists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, and other experts in anxiety disorders shared clinical insights and research on the prevalence of youth anxiety and how digital media use may be contributing to it, as well as tips on how adults can support the children in their lives who may be suffering – or at risk of developing – anxiety.
Speakers
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Sandra Whitehouse, PhD
Senior Director, Senior Psychologist, Anxiety Disorders Center, Child Mind InstituteModerator
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Erin Berman, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, National Institute of Mental Health
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Sandra Fritsch, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado; Medical Director, CoPPCAP (Colorado Pediatric Psychiatry & Consultation Program); Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
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Sarah Myruski, PhD
Assistant Research Professor in Psychology, Associate Lab Director, Emotion Development Lab, Pennsylvania State University
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Henry Willis, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Program, University of Maryland, College Park
