‘The Risks and Benefits of Social Media on the Mental Health of Adolescents’ is presented by Dr. Jon Goldin. This webinar is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group.
Booking
Sign up at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time. Delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD certificate via email.
- ACAMH Members MUST login to book onto the webinar in order to access this webinar and get a CPD certificate
- Non-members this is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer, and make the saving on these sessions
FREE for ACAMH Members (Print, Online, Concession, Undergraduate/Postgraduate, LMIC) Join now and save
£5 ACAMH Learn Account holders
£5 Non Members
Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.
About the talk
This talk will explore the burgeoning use of social media by adolescents in today’s society. It will consider the evidence for the risks and benefits of social media for the mental health of teenagers. Clinical examples will be considered in various areas, including eating disorders and self harm. The benefits of using social media will also be considered. Possible solutions to the challenges posed will be considered, including a consideration of how parents might helpfully respond. Political responses will be discussed including the Online Harms Bill that has been passed in the UK.
Learning objectives
- To understand more about why young people use social media.
- To explore the possible risks of using social media for adolescents.
- To explore the possible benefits of using social media for adolescents.
- To discuss social and political responses to the challenges, including a discussion of the Online Harms Bill and its implementation.
About the speaker
Dr. Jon Goldin FRCPsych is a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, who has recently retired from Great Ormond Street Hospital after 21 years as a Consultant there. Throughout this time, he was Head of Service on the Mildred Creak Unit and he retired from the NHS in Feb 2023. He now works full time in the Independent sector. Until Feb 2022 he was the Joint Head of Department in Psychological and Mental Health Services (PAMHS). Dr Goldin was Joint Training Programme Director for the Great Ormond Street/Royal London Higher Training Scheme in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for 10 years and retired from this role in March 2022. For several years he was the College Lead on Parliamentary Engagement at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and he remains one of their leading media spokespeople. Dr Goldin was the Vice Chair of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Faculty at the RCPsych for 4 years from 2017-2021. He has an interest in public engagement and lobbying around CAMHS and mental health issues and has been interviewed widely on both TV and radio. In both 2020 and 2021 he was a Finalist, and in Nov 2022 he was awarded ‘RCPsych Psychiatric Communicator of the Year, 2022’.
Booking
Sign up at this link or on the Book Now button at the top of the screen, and complete the form that follows. You’ll then receive an email confirmation and a link to the webinar, plus we’ll send you a calendar reminder nearer the time. Delegates will have exclusive access to recordings for 90 days after the event, together with slides. Plus you will get a personalised CPD certificate via email.
- ACAMH Members MUST login to book onto the webinar in order to access this webinar and get a CPD certificate
- Non-members this is a great time to join ACAMH, take a look at what we have to offer, and make the saving on these sessions
FREE for ACAMH Members (Print, Online, Concession, Undergraduate/Postgraduate, LMIC) Join now and save
£5 ACAMH Learn Account holders
£5 Non Members
Don’t forget as a charity any surplus made is reinvested back as we work to our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’, and our mission to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 0-25’.