Mental Health In The Digital Age Hardcover

Sheri Bauman

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.

1137333162

English

Palgrave MacMillan

16 July 2015

184

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.

Ian Rivers

Book encompasses the pros and cons of mental health on the Internet with scholarly discussions about treatment, research and ethics, risks in cyberspace, social networking, friendships and social interactions, virtual worlds, and representing `the self' online. ... a textbook that would be appropriate for courses that focus on utilization of technology in education, psychology, and mental health. ... the basis of the book has a broad appeal to all consumers on the Internet, including parents, novices, and `digital immigrants.' (Mary Fukuyama, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61 (20), May, 2016)