The Society of Digital Psychiatry in collaboration with JMIR Mental Health, a peer-reviewed, open access journal published by JMIR Publications, invites you to a webinar titled "Social Media & the Internet: Pathways to Psychiatric Care for Young Adults".
This webinar will explore the intersection of social media, the internet, and early intervention in mental health care. Dr Michael Birnbaum will discuss his current exploration of how social media and the internet can influence pathways to care for adolescents and young adults with early signs of psychiatric disorders. The webinar will also explore the potential of these digital platforms for the timely identification, outreach, engagement, and care of youth experiencing mental illness.
This topic is particularly relevant as the increasing prevalence of mental health issues among young people coincides with their growing use of social media, making it essential to understand and leverage these digital tools for effective early intervention and support.
Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Time: 9 am PT / 12 pm EST
Panelists:
John Torous, MD, MBI; Cofounder, Society of Digital Psychiatry
Dr Torous is the director of the Digital Psychiatry division in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, an affiliated teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, where he also serves as a staff psychiatrist and member of the academic faculty. He has a background in electrical engineering and computer sciences; he earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, before pursuing medical school at the University of California, San Diego. Dr Torous completed his psychiatry residency, fellowship in clinical informatics, and master’s degree in biomedical informatics at Harvard. He actively investigates the potential of mobile mental health technologies for psychiatry and has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles and 5 book chapters on the subject. Dr Torous serves as the editor-in-chief of JMIR Mental Health, leads the American Psychiatric Association’s work group on the evaluation of smartphone apps, and is an advisor to the smartphone mood study within the National Institutes of Health’s 1-million-person All of Us research program.
Michael Birnbaum, MD
Dr Birnbaum is the medical director of OnTrackNY at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI). In this role, he oversees the implementation of coordinated specialty care for early psychosis across approximately 30 licensed mental health clinics throughout the state of New York. Dr Birnbaum received a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and a doctor of medicine from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He then went on to complete his Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai West.