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Nurturing Your Mind in the Digital Age

Exploring the Positive and Negative Aspects of Technology and Mental Health

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Objectives

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Benefits and Risks

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Plan of Action What We Know

What We Know

Social Media: An Overview

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at is it? Mo Moti tivati vation

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• Addiction

iction or problem blematic atic use

Research Suggests

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dividual dual Th Theor eories ies vs. . Social cial Th Theor eories ies

Individual Theories

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Social Theories

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l Inte tegrat gration ion

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Quali ality ty of Re Relati ation

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ships

• Socia
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l Ne Network twork vs. . Social cial Suppo pport t

Advantages

• Connecting with others
• Making new friends; shared interests
• Community involvement: charity, political activism
• Collaboration
• Accessing health information
• Instant access to resources, support, direct care

Posi sitive tive Imp mpact cts

Disadvantages

• Impact of excessive use
• Sharing too much
• Cyber bullying
• Self Esteem, Body Image
• Access to harmful content

Ris isks ks

• Active

tive vs. . Passive sive use

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Limit mit Use

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Be inte tenti tional

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Prevention/Management

• Digi

gital al Detox

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stabli ablish sh cl clear r so soci cial l me medi dia bo bounda daries ies

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aluate te work/ k/life life ba balance ce

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dit/Eval /Evalua uate e so soci cial me medi dia pr prese sence nce

Prevention/Management

Resources

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cial al Medi dia Curric rriculum lum

So Social al Media ia literac eracy y

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berbu rbully llying ing

Understandin standing g Cyber erbull ullying ying

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syberGu rGuid ide Mental l Health h App pp fi finde der r

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• Sanity

nity & Self lf

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alkSp lkSpace ace

• MotivateMe

tivateMe

• PTSD

TSD Coach ach

• Depr

pres ession ion CBT T Self lf-Hel Help p Guid ide

Notable Apps

Questions?

THANK YOU!

Gina Cook, LMSW

Employee Assistance Program

Phone: e: 667-214-1555 Email il: : gmcook@som..umaryland.edu Website: site: www.umb-eap.org