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Social media and mental health / edited by Allan House and Cathy Brennan.

House, Allan, (editor.). Brennan, Cathy, 1968- (editor.). Royal College of Psychiatrists. (Added Author).

Summary:

"A presentation of the main facts about social media, and research about the relationship between social media use and mental health, to examine both the positive and negative effects. Useful to anybody working in education, social care or mental health. It will also appeal to an educated general readership"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781009010863
ISBN: 1009010867
Physical Description: xii, 173 pages : ilustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:	At head of spine title: Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introducing social media / Ysabel Gerrard -- The legal and ethical status of social media / Jon Fistein -- Social media : an everyday reality / David A. Ellis -- How social media can influence group and individual behaviour : practice implications / Jeff French and Melissa Blair -- Researching social media : qualitative and mixed-methods research approaches / Cathy Brennan, David A. Ellis, and Kim Heyes -- Researching social media : quantitative approaches / Allan House -- The harms and benefits of social media / Maša Popovac, Philip A. Fine, and Sally-Ann Hicken -- Social media and disorders of mood / Allan House -- Social media use, body image, and eating disorders / Rachel Rodgers and Katherine Laveway -- Social media and gambling / Thomas B Swanton, Sascha Callaghan, Nicola C. Newton, Vladan Starcevic, and Sally M. Gainsbury -- Social media, self-harm and suicide / Cathy Brennan and Allan House -- Safely navigating the terrain : keeping young people safe online / Jo Robinson, Louise La Sala, and Rikki Battersby-Coulter -- Technological interventions for adolescent mental health / Arjuna Ugarte, Renee Garett, and Sean D. Young -- Online outreach and support provision : an empirically-informed approach and case illustration / Stephen P. Lewis.