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12Feb

Female Friendships, Growing Up and Making Judgements

Terri Apter

friendship, socialmedia, teenagers, women

Relationships

We need others to survive, so we are naturally attuned to what others think of us. How does this sensitivity to rejection and social approval play out in friendships, as teenagers, and on social media?
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22Jan

Introducing the Welldoing.org Facebook Therapist Community

Welldoing

socialmedia, therapists, therapy

Work

Therapists can now talk privately to each other using the Welldoing.org Facebook Therapist Community, which is launched today
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16Jan

Is My Relationship to My Phone Damaging?

David Monks

anxiety, friendships, relationships, socialmedia, society, technology, therapy

Therapists

Does your relationship with technology such as your mobile phone affect the other relationships in your life? Therapist David Monks ponders
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10Jan

Johann Hari's Book Lost Connections Uncovers Causes of Depression

Louise Chunn

anxiety, books, depression, socialmedia, society

Mind

Author Johann Hari tells Louise Chunn that society's disconnection from our psychological needs is a major cause of depression and anxiety
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26Sep

Am I Addicted to My Phone?

Alice McGurran

addiction, brain, neuroscience, self, socialmedia, society, technology

Mind

Reliance on smartphones is so intense that some people fear they have developed an addiction. Welldoing.org's Alice McGurran looks at the latest research in smartphone use
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11Sep

How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others

Gill Hasson

confidence, friendship, self, selfesteem, socialmedia, wellbeing

Soul

In recent years technology has made it possible to measure and rate how we compare with others. Gill Hasson says it's time to stop
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08Sep

Living with PTSD: How Social Media Protects Me From Social Isolation

Nina Phoenix

friendship, PTSD, socialmedia

Mind

Suffering with PTSD can make life very difficult to cope with at times. Nina Phoenix posts on how social media can help
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31Aug

What Boundaries Should Therapists Respect on Social Media?

Clara Bridges

socialmedia, therapist, therapy

Mind

When Clara Bridges was approached by a therapist, who was also a client, via social media, she felt a boundary had been crossed
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04Aug

Coping with PTSD in a Big City

Nina Phoenix

friendship, PTSD, relationships, socialmedia, trauma

Mind

The environment we live in affects us every day; what is it like to cope with PTSD in a big city?
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01Jun

Why Parents Shouldn't Panic over Social Media

Lucy Cavendish

father, mother, parenting, socialmedia, technology, teenager

Therapists

Much has been said on the topic of teenage mental health and social media usage, but parents shouldn't panic posts therapist Lucy Cavendish
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