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Online Harms Webinar Series - Webinar 1: Technology and mental health

This event is organised by the UK Council for Internet Safety Evidence Group with eNurture and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Technology use has become the status quo. With its ubiquity and mobility, concerns have been raised about problematic technology use. This webinar will cover the issues today, including concerns raised in the context of problematic use and its impact on mental health. Speakers include internationally renowned academic and clinical experts in the area:

  • Prof Sonia Livingstone, OBE (eNurture Deputy Director, LSE)

  • Dr Bernadka Dubicka (Chair of Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists)

  • Jennifer Russell, (Chief Operating Officer, TalkLife)

  • Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones, OBE (National Centre for Behavioural Addiction)

  • Prof Mark Griffiths (NTU)

  • Prof Gordon Harold (eNurture Director, Cambridge University)

  • Dr Richard Graham (Psychiatrist & Clinical Director, Good Thinking)

Click here to watch a recording of the webinar

Read Sonia Livingstone’s blog ‘To regulate against online harms, we must understand both mental health and the digital environment’