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ImpacTechnology: The Mental, Physical, and Exploitative Risks of Adolescent Social Media Use
This program will expire and must be completed by 12/31/27.
Please note this program was a part of the OPSO 2024 Annual Conference.
This presentation explores the exploitative interaction of social media and technology with depression, particularly in children and adolescents.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
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Identify the mental health risks associated with adolescent social media use, including increased rates of anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.
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Analyze the physical health consequences of excessive social media use, such as sleep disturbances, sedentary behavior, and digital eye strain.
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Evaluate the exploitative risks adolescents face on social media, including cyberbullying, online predators, and data privacy concerns, and discuss strategies for prevention and intervention.
Dr. Fisher has no financial relationships or affiliations to disclose.
Accreditation Statement: The Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians and designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.
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Planning Disclosure:
The OPSO CME Committee, consisting of representatives from the Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Oregon (OPSO), has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, and distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of these presentations.
Caroline Fisher, MD, PhD
Dr. Caroline Fisher is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Corvallis, Oregon. A graduate of Dartmouth College, she went on to get both an MD and PhD from Boston University School of Medicine. She has worked in a variety of contexts in mental health, from direct care to residency training director to department chair to CEO. She was even the founding editor of the Carlat Child Psychiatry Report. She now uses her PhD in pharmacology to comb through the medical literature for the primary care physicians she works with in the collaborative care model, so they can be even wiser and more helpful to their patients. The company she started, Germane & Wise Mental Health, was in 2022 shown to be the largest provider of pediatric collaborative care in the nation. Her ideal job title is “Chief of Hard Problems and Children,” or perhaps “Chief of Hard Problems WITH Children.”
