Digital Media and Mental Health Research Retreat
There is no doubt that young people’s mental health is in a fragile position; this has only been exacerbated by a year of social distancing, virtual school, online extracurricular activities, social unrest, and health crises. Digital media has a unique role in contributing to and ameliorating mental health concerns for children and adolescents, though the nuances of these associations are yet to be fully understood.
This two day, virtual research retreat will feature presentations, discussions, and breakout groups on topics ranging from anxiety to the stressors of COVID to suicidality to pornography to cyberbullying to addiction and everything in between. The invitation-only convening will result in one or more white papers outlining the state of the science and where we must go next, as well as concrete ideas for new research on the topic. Retreat attendees will be invited to submit proposals for seed grant funding to move forward the research agenda established during the event.
Tentative Agenda
| Monday 5/24/21 – Contributors to Mental Health | Tuesday 5/25/21 – Mental Health Outcomes | ||
| 9:00 am | Welcome, overview, goals | Other Factors/Anxiety | |
| Digital Media Usage | 9:00 am | Cognition, EF, and Attention
Speaker:
Speaker: Martin Paulus Discussant: Michael Milham Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
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| 9:30 am | Digital Media use from a developmental standpoint
Speaker: Julia Zehr Discussant: Paul Weigle Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
9:30 am | Sleep
Speaker: Lauren Hale Discussant: TBD Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
| 10:00 am | Social Media
Speaker: Patti Valkenburg Discussant: TBD Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
10:00 am | Anxiety, Loneliness, and Wellbeing
Speaker: TBD Discussant: TBD Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
| 10:30 am | Gaming
Speaker: Mark Griffiths Discussant: Ed Spector Breakout Group Leader: Doug Gentile |
10:30 am | Social Comparison, Social Anxiety, Nomophobia, and FOMO
Speaker: Mitch Prinstein Discussant: Sophia Choukas-Bradley Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
| Break | Break | ||
| Problematic Digital Media Use/Addiction | Other Factors/Anxiety Cont. | ||
| 11:05 am | Problematic Digital Media Use/Addiction epidemiology
Speaker: Discussant: Marc Potenza Breakout Group Leader: Marc Potenza |
11:05 am | Differential susceptibility, Risk and Resilience
Speaker: TBD Discussant: TBD Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
| 11:30 am | Problematic Digital Media Use/Addiction – treatment
Speaker: Cliff Sussman Speaker: Doug Hyun Han Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
11:30 am | Health information, COVID News, Advertising, and Misinformation
Speaker: Discussant: Kris Kaleibe Breakout Group Leader: Kris Kaleibe |
| 12:00 pm | Breakout Groups | 12:00 pm | Screen TIME
Speaker: TBD Discussant: TBD Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
| 12:30 pm | 12:30 pm | Breakout Groups, including a special breakout session about LGBTQ+ concerns, led by Erin Belfort | |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch Break | 1:00 pm | |
| Problematic Usage/Environment | 1:30 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30 pm | Stressors of COVID
Speaker: Susan Tapert Speaker: Sheri Madigan Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
Depression | |
| 2:00 pm | Family Systems and Digital Media Use
Speaker: TBD Discussant: Stephanie Reich Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
2:00 pm | Depression
Speaker: TBD Discussant: TBD Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
| 2:30 pm | Cyberbullying and Peer Relationships
Speaker: TBD Discussant: TBD Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
2:30 pm | Self-harm and Eating Disorders
Speaker, Self-harm: TBD Speaker, Eating Disorders: TBD Discussant: TBD Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
| 3:00 | Pornography
Speaker: TBD Discussant: TBD Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
3:00 | Suicidality and Suicide
Speaker: Jacqueline Nesi Discussant: TBD Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
| 3:30 pm | Break | 3:30 pm | Break |
| 3:35 pm | Sexting/Cyberdating
Speaker: TBD Discussant: Joris Van Oytsel Breakout Group Leader: TBD |
3:35 pm | Breakout Groups |
| 4:00 pm | Media Violence
Speaker: Wayne Warburton Speaker: Sarah Coyne Breakout Group Leader: Craig Anderson |
4:00 pm | |
| 4:30 pm | Breakout Groups | 4:30 pm | Report Out and Where to Go Next |
| 5:00 pm | 5:00 pm | ||
| 5:30 pm | Day 1 Report Out | 5:30 pm |
Jason Chein
