Social media and mental health / edited by Allan House, Cathy Brennan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing social media / Ysabel Gerrard -- The legal and ethical status of social media / Jon Fistein -- Social media : an everyday reality an everyday reality / David A. Ellis -- How social media influence group and individual behaviour : practice implications / Jeff French Melissa Blair -- Researching social media : qualitative research approaches / Cathy Brennan, Kim Heyes, David A. Ellis -- Researching social media : quantitative methods / Allan House -- The harms and benefits of social media use / Maša Popovac, Philip A. Fine, Sally-Ann Hicken -- Social media and disorders of mood / Allan House -- Social media, body image, eating disorders / Rachel Rodgers, Katherine Laveway -- Social media and gambling / Thomas B Swanton, Sascha Callaghan, Nicola C Newton, Vladan Starcevic, Sally M. Gainsbury -- Social media, self-harm and suicide / Cathy Brennan and Allan House -- Safely navigating the terrain : keeping young people safe online / Jo Robinson, Louise La. Sala, Rikki Battersby-Coulter -- Technological interventions for adolescent mental health / Arjuna Ugarte, Renee Garett, Sean D. Young -- Online outreach and support provision : an empirically-informed informed approach and case illustration / Stephen P. Lewis.

"A presentation of the main facts about social media, and research about the relationship between social media use and mental health, to examine both the positive and negative effects. Useful to anybody working in education, social care or mental health. It will also appeal to an educated general readership"-- Provided by publisher.