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Roslyn L Gerwin1, Kristopher Kaliebe2, Monica Daigle3
1Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation Service, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Barbara Bush Children's Hospital, Maine Medical Center, 66 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04103, USA.
Abstract:
Today's youth develop immersed in a digital media world and the effects are specific to their developmental stage. Clinicians and caretakers should be mindful regarding digital media use patterns; however, this complex and reciprocal relationship defies simple linear descriptions. The impacts of digital media can be powerful. It is important to be cautious but not over-pathologize media use because digital media enables social connections, allows self-soothing in some children, and fills needs for stimulation and self-expression. Young children or those with psychiatric disorders or developmental delays should be considered vulnerable to harmful effects of media content and overuse.
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