Assessment of Digital Media Use in the Adolescent Psychiatric Evaluation - 24/04/18

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Digital media (also called “new media”) have become an important ecosystem in which adolescents develop biologically, psychologically, and socially. When assessing adolescents in the psychiatric interview, a nuanced understanding of digital media use can inform a more accurate formulation. However, there are few published resources to help the psychiatrist assess the impact of digital media during the initial adolescent interview. The authors propose an innovation on the traditional psychiatric assessment that addresses teen Internet use and digital media habits. Through this enhanced assessment, mental health clinicians can improve upon current interviewing practices of twenty-first century adolescents.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Adolescent, Assessment, Evaluation, Internet, Mental health, Psychiatry, Social media
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Disclosure Statement: Drs N. Carson and M. Gansner are employees of the Cambridge Health Alliance. Otherwise, the authors have no direct commercial or financial conflicts of interest nor any funding sources to report. |
Vol 27 - N° 2
P. 133-143 - avril 2018 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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