The Interplay Between Digital Media Use and Development - 24/04/18

Doi : 10.1016/j.chc.2017.11.002

Roslyn L. Gerwin, DO ^a,^⁎ , Kristopher Kaliebe, MD ^b, Monica Daigle, DO ^c
^a Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation Service, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital, Maine Medical Center, 66 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04103, USA
^b Department of Psychiatry, University of South Florida Medical School, 3515 East Fletcher Avenue, MDC 14, Tampa, FL 33613, USA
^c Department of Mental Health and Detox, St. Mary’s Health System, 93 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, ME 04240, USA

^∗Corresponding author.

Résumé

Today’s youth develop immersed in a digital media world and the effects are specific to their developmental stage. Clinicians and caretakers should be mindful regarding digital media use patterns; however, this complex and reciprocal relationship defies simple linear descriptions. The impacts of digital media can be powerful. It is important to be cautious but not over-pathologize media use because digital media enables social connections, allows self-soothing in some children, and fills needs for stimulation and self-expression. Young children or those with psychiatric disorders or developmental delays should be considered vulnerable to harmful effects of media content and overuse.

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Keywords : Media, Development, Social media, Television, Mobile, Video game, Family, Advertising