Dr Harry Barry, well known for his special interest in the mental health of adolescents and young adults will discuss ‘FLAGGING THE SCREENAGER: Guiding Your Child Through Adolescence and Young Adulthood’. Based on his book of the same title, this very current topic for all parents he will focus on the challenges our young people face today in their fast-paced technology saturated world, and provide advice on dealing with these challenges in A WORLD FULL OF SCREENS.
Discussing everything from low mood and depression to peer pressure and cyber-bullying, Flagging the Screenager answers frequent questions, by looking at what is going on in the brain of the “screenager”. Dr Barry and Murphy highlight what parents, teachers, therapists and professionals in mental health field can do, to help stabilise young people’s mental health throughout their journey from adolescence to adulthood.
Admission is FREE.