Is Social Media Good for Mental Health?

Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

David J Puder

Science, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Since its introduction in the early 2000’s, social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. It influences culture, current affairs, and connects us to the world like never before. As people spend more and more of their lives online, it's important for us to consider how this new online world is changing us. After all, healthy social connection is one of the key factors in good mental health and well-being. It’s time to check in and find out: how does social media affect mental health?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Psychiatry and Psychothermic Podcast.
0:12.2	I'm here to talk about getting rid of burnout, increasing job satisfaction, and feeling
0:16.6	like an expert in what you do.
0:18.6	One thing that created a lot of burnout and angst for me was trying to get continued medical
0:22.0	education right at the last minute.
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0:32.5	is emailed to you in seconds.
0:34.6	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:36.8	Today, I am joined with Tori Berkhardt.
0:39.4	She is a fourth year medical student, an amazing candidate, and to psychiatry, and she helped
0:46.0	me put together this handout that we will be going through along with Jamie Ruddick.
0:51.7	This is on social media, and we will be talking about some of the prevalence of social media,
0:57.4	like how vastly it's used.
0:59.5	We'll talk about some of the arguments like is social media good for mental health, as
1:04.4	claimed on a Facebook website, or is it detrimental to mental health, and we'll be going through
1:09.2	some of those studies, and we'll also talk about, you know, is social media really social,
1:15.5	and does screen time interfere with our sleep, and then we'll be going through some conclusions.
1:21.0	So welcome to the podcast.
1:23.0	It's good to be back.
1:24.0	I loved being on last time, so much fun social media, such a huge topic.
1:29.5	It is huge.
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