Clinical Psychology

Biography

Biography: Diamond Bracey and Kyndall Peele

Abstract

Are there new disorders on the horizon, like iDisorder or facebook depression? What about FOMO (fear of missing out) and perceptual loneliness? Are symptoms of currently recognized disorders exacerbated by use and/or type of social media platform? What behaviors do clients exhibit? When do they become clinical? What does research say about current interventions? What theories undergird current techniques and therapies in the clinical and school settings? What about assessments? Is there a new form of theoretical approaches, techniques and therapies, technology, and assessments? Social media and your client: what every clinician should know will attempt to answer all of the above in a single oral presentation. It is not an ethics presentation but, a practical guide and distiller of the asset information researchers have uncovered recently about how social media impacts your clients; and what it means for psychologists and psychotherapists. This workshop will educate therapists on what they should know about social media, symptomology they should be aware of, the process of follow up, and suggested treatment planning. The goals are to dispel the myths surrounding psychiatric disorders perpetuated by social media and to encourage further research in the area of social media and their effect on psychiatric disorders.