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Living With Technology – Shrinking It Down

By Steven Schlozman, MD and Gene Beresin, Executive Director

Posted in: Multimedia, Parenting Concerns, Videos

Topics: Culture + Society, Digital Media, Healthy Living

Technology. Some days it feels like we can’t live with it, but in today’s world we certainly can’t live without it. And what’s the mental health impact on our kids and teens who seem consumed by their smartphones and other digital media 24/7?

The short answer is: It’s a gray area. There are both pros and cons to technology. If we understand the causes for concerns and the benefits, alike, we can make the most of the media in our lives.

In this video, Gene Beresin and Steve Schlozman, co-hosts of our podcast “Shrinking It Down: Mental Health Made Simple,” make sense of living with technology and what it means for the young people in your life.

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Steven Schlozman, MD

Steven Schlozman, MD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS), course director of the psychopathology class for the MIT-HMS Program in Health, Sciences and Technology, and former co-director of the Clay Center for Youn...

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Gene Beresin, Executive Director

Gene Beresin, MD, MA is executive director of The MGH Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and a staff child and adolescent psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also...

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