Navigating the Digital Maze: Social Media, Mental Health, and Safety

Navigating the Digital Maze-Social Media, Mental Health, and Safety is a guide to the connections between social media, mental health, and safety. It goes on to explore the impact social media has had on mental health since the rise of YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat, providing tips for healthy social media consumption with a focus on authenticity, equanimity, and moderation. The book addresses some of today’s most pressing topics-cyberbullying, trolling, body-shaming-and provides proven prevention and coping strategies for teens. It also highlights the contribution parents, educators, and therapists must make for the maintenance of a safe digital world, along with chapters on self-care methods such as journaling and mindfulness. Navigating the Digital Maze gives readers the knowledge needed to navigate their online presence and form helpful online communities to lead a more healthy, balanced digital life.