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"A presentation of the main facts about social media, and research about the relationship between social media use and mental health, to examine both the positive and negative effects. Useful to anybody working in education, social care or mental health. It will also appeal to an educated general readership"--
List of contents
Part I. General principles: 1. Introducing social media Ysabel Gerrard; 2. The legal and ethical status of social media Jon Fistein; 3. Social media: an everyday reality David A. Ellis; 4. How social media influence group and individual behaviour: practice implications Jeff French and Melissa Blair; 5. Researching social media: qualitative research approaches Cathy Brennan, Kim Heyes and David A. Ellis; 6. Researching social media: quantitative methods Allan House; Part II. Social media and mental health: 7. The harms and benefits of social media use Maša Popovac, Philip A. Fine and Sally-Ann Hicken; 8. Social media and disorders of mood Allan House; 9. Social media, body image, eating disorders Rachel Rodgers and Katherine Laveway; 10. Social media and gambling Thomas B Swanton, Sascha Callaghan, Nicola C Newton, Vladan Starcevic and Sally M. Gainsbury; 11. Social media, self-harm and suicide Cathy Brennan and Allan House; Part III. Social media as resource: 12. Safely navigating the terrain: keeping young people safe online Jo Robinson, Louise La. Sala and Rikki Battersby-Coulter; 13. Technological interventions for adolescent mental health Arjuna Ugarte, Renee Garett and Sean D. Young; 14. Online outreach and support provision: an empirically-informed approach and case illustration Stephen P. Lewis.
About the author
Professor Allan House is a psychiatrist who has practised for many years at consultant level within the NHS. Now retired from clinical practice he researches as a senior academic at the University of Leeds. He has co-authored a number of introductory texts for non-specialists.Dr Cathy Brennan worked as a children's nurse before pursuing an academic career as a social scientist. Her research focuses on public mental health, particularly social media and its relationship with self-harm and suicide. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teaches at the University of Leeds.
