Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine.

Hello, my name is Annie Rogers, and I'm the General Manager here at Attitude.

Thank you for joining today's events called Mental Health Out Loud.

It's a new type of conversation where the editors of Attitude, along with leading experts

in the fields of ADHD and mental health, will answer your questions about the mental

health topics of greatest concern to you.

Today, we are here to discuss how to protect neurodivergent youth specifically from some

of the mental health risks, and also to guide them toward the opportunities associated

with social media use.

So helping us navigate this really nuanced and important conversation today on mental

health is Linda Charmereman, she's a PhD senior research scientist at the Wellesley

Centers for Women and Director of the Youth Media and Wellbeing Research Lab.

Her research interests include technology and adolescent health, digital citizenship,

innovative research methods to include overlooked and hidden populations, and how social media

identities, such as gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and even political isolation,

affect well-being.

Welcome Dr. Charmereman, thank you so much for joining us here today.

Thank you so much for inviting me.

Before we start our conversation, I have just a couple of housekeeping items to clear

out.

If you are tuned into our live event, you may submit questions at any time, just navigate

to the text box under the video player.

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