Social Media: Keeping Kids Safe & Healthy

Social media is a great tool for connecting with old friends and staying in touch, but it can have some detrimental effects on our and our kids’ mental well-being.
Social media is a great tool for connecting with old friends and staying in touch, but it can have some detrimental effects on our and our kids’ mental well-being.

Mental health expert and psychiatrist, Dr. Gail Saltz, joins Dr. Darria to help you determine how you can best maximize social media to use it as a force for good.

Additional Info

  • Segment Number: 2
  • Audio File: sharecare/1616sc2b.mp3
  • Featured Speaker: Gail Saltz, MD
  • Book Title: Becoming Real: Defeating the Stories We Tell Ourselves That Hold Us Back
  • Guest Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/GailSaltz
  • Guest Twitter Account: @DrGailSaltz
  • Guest Bio: Gail-Saltz croppedDr. Gail Saltz is best known for her work as a relationship, family, emotional well-being, and mental health/wellness contributor in the media and frequently shares her expertise and advice in print, online, on television and radio. She is a bestselling author of numerous books and the go-to expert on a variety of important psychological issues. She is Chair of the 92nd Street Y "7 Days of Genius Advisory Committee" and Consultant and Event Moderator for the Clinton Foundation's Health Matters Initiative. Dr. Saltz is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the NY Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell School of medicine, a psychoanalyst with the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and has a private practice in Manhattan.
  • Length (mins): 20
  • Waiver Received: No
  • Host: Darria Long Gillespie, MD, MBA