How do you address mental health and online presence with teenage patients?  

While I agree with the answer above, the question of dosing and site choice is a critical one which I think warrants more time. As I try to engage all my kids as partners in their treatment I dedicate time with them to just exploring interaction with media: what they see as benefits and risks, what...

There are four variables that I talk to parents/teens about: Volume of screen exposure; low vs high. There is some data that pure volume is a risk factor, but not uniformly so. Psychiatric vulnerability; low vs high. Some kids are more vulnerable (e.g., social and generalized anxiety disorder an...