Young people are experiencing an acute mental health crisis, with a surge in youth anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders that the pandemic exacerbated. Some experts have implicated the rise in social media as a major culprit driving the youth mental health crisis. At the same time, mental health innovators and funders are exploring creative ways to leverage digital platforms and tools to address the crisis and promote connectedness and wellbeing among youth.
This conversation will explore the role of social media and digital technologies in the current youth mental health crisis. How can emerging technologies be part of a supportive ecosystem that lets youth lead the way toward different digital futures? How should dominant digital platforms be reformed to reduce the harms to youth mental health--and how might those reforms be achieved? What is the role of philanthropy and the social sector in helping to address this crisis?The conversation will feature David Ball, Global Head of SecondMuse’s Health and Social Tech portfolio, and Pooja Mehta, senior policy associate at Inseparable, in discussion with Shelley Whelpton, Senior Managing Director at Arabella Advisors.
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