Sheri Bauman, Ian Rivers

Mental Health in the Digital Age (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the intersection of mental health and digital technology to make informed decisions about the new options provided by digital technology. It highlights the rise in online therapy and social media and examines the ethical dilemmas involved in online research to suggest that the benefits created far outweigh the possible risks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137333179
• Artikelnr.: 43589542

Autorenporträt

Sheri Bauman is a professor and director of the Counseling graduate program at the University of Arizona, USA. She is the author of Special Topics for Helping Professionals and Cyberbullying: What Counselors Need to Know, and is lead editor of Principles of Cyberbullying Research: Definition, Measures, and Methods.

Ian Rivers is a professor of Human Development at Brunel University London, UK. He is the author of Homophobic Bullying: Research and Theoretical Perspectives, lead author of Bullying: A Handbook for Educators and Parents and co-editor of Bullying: Experiences and Discourses of Sexuality and Gender.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction

2. Mental Health on the Internet: Opportunity or Danger?

3. Mental Health Treatments

4. Research and Ethics in the Digital Age

5. Risks and Resilience in Cyberspace

6. Social Networking

7. Being Connected: Friendships and Social Interactions

8. Virtual Worlds

9. Representing 'the Self' Online

10. Conclusion

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1. Introduction.- 2. Mental Health Online: Fact or Fiction?.-3. Mental Health Treatment Online.- 4. Social Media and Forms of Connectedness.- 5. Digital Aggression, Cyberbullying, and the Impact of COVID-19.- 6. Information Overload and Zoom Fatigue.- 7. Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Online Games.- 8. "The Self" Online.- 9. Conclusion.