New UCSF Benioff SF study in Academic Peds Assoc! #Transgender and #gender-questioning adolescents experience higher rates of #cyberbullying ✍️ Co-authors: Priya Balasubramanian, Thang Diep, Kyle T. Ganson, @testaalex, Jinbo He, PhD, Fiona C Baker 🔗 tinyurl.com/transcyberbull…

While #SCOTUS considers the #TikTok ban today, our new UCSF Benioff SF study in Academic Peds Assoc finds 2/3 of underage preteens use #socialmedia 📱 ✍️ Zain Memon, Jonanne Talebloo, Karen Li, Patrick Low, Iris Shao, Kyle T. Ganson, @testaalex, Jinbo He, PhD, Claire Brindis, Fiona C Baker

📢 New UCSF Benioff SF study in BMC #Pediatrics Parent, mealtime, and bedroom #ScreenUse associated with greater mature media consumption in young adolescents 🎮🎞️🔗tinyurl.com/maturemediapar… UCSF Pediatrics Kiss Orsolya Kyle T. Ganson @testaalex Jinbo He, PhD Fiona C Baker

📣 New UCSF Benioff SF study in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology! 📱 Greater #ScreenTime linked to higher #manic symptoms 2 years later ✍️ Gabriel Zamora, MD, Abubakr Al-shoaibi, @DrJasonLavender, Kyle T. Ganson, Alex Testa, Jinbo He, PhD, Fiona C Baker 🔗 tinyurl.com/screenmania #bipolar

📢 New UCSF Benioff SF study Several forms of #discrimination linked to higher odds of developing #OCD ✍️ Jonanne Talebloo, Thang Diep, Joan Shim, Abubakr Al-shoaibi, Kyle T. Ganson, @testaalex, Jinbo He, PhD, @DrJasonLavender, Fiona C Baker 🔗 tinyurl.com/discrimocd

📣 New UCSF Benioff SF study for #NationalEatingDisorderAwarenessWeek #Sleep disturbance linked to greater odds of #BingeEating one year later 💤 🔗 tinyurl.com/sleepbinge Kyle T. Ganson, @testaalex Jinbo He, PhD Kiss Orsolya Fiona C Baker

Can boys and men have #EatingDisorders? In this #ACAMHLearn Explainer, Jason Nagata, MD challenges the common misconception of eating disorders in boys & men, including body image pressures, related symptoms, and warning signs. bit.ly/47lLJoC #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek

📢 New UCSF Benioff SF study in Acta Paediatrica! #Cyberbullying victimization associated with greater #manic symptoms in #adolescents ✍️ @gabezmd, Jennifer Wong, Abubakr Al-shoaibi, Kyle T. Ganson, @testaalex, Jinbo He, PhD, @DrJasonLavender, Fiona C Baker 🔗 tinyurl.com/cybermanic

There, I will serve as Director of the EMBRACED (Elevating Minoritized Backgrounds in Research on Appearance Concerns and Eating Disorders; wesleybarnhart.com) Lab and will be reviewing applications for a clinical psychology PhD student to join my lab starting Fall 2026! (2)

We’re conducting a study to assess researchers’ views of large language models to help with mental health research. If you’re a researcher in mental health, please do consider completing this 5-10 min anonymous survey to share your thoughts! researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_1N…

📢Our new study on appearance-related teasing revealed that both teasing victimization and perpetration are longitudinally related to eating disorder psychopathology and psychological distress! Jason Nagata, MD Wes Barnhart (they/he) Ruth Striegel Weissman Chun Chen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ea…

Our studies found social support might not always be helpful. Students experiencing food insecurity have lower self-esteem when receiving support from schools or peers, which increases their risk of Internet addiction! Thank you to Prof. He! Jinbo He, PhD sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Has the quality of clinical trials of mental health apps improved over time? Not really, but we offer promising paths forward - mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1/e… Simon Goldberg, PhD John Torous, MD MBI Shufang Sun, Ph.D.

📢 New UCSF Benioff SF study in The Lancet Reg Health-Americas as part of The Lancet commission on #adolescenthealth #Cyberbullying associated with #mentalhealth symptoms and #substanceuse one year later ✍️ Abubakr Al-shoaibi, @testaalex, Jinbo He, PhD, Fiona C Baker 🔗 tinyurl.com/cyberabcd

📣 New UCSF Benioff SF study in JAMA Network Open! ↗️ Increases in #socialmedia use were followed by greater #depressive symptoms—but not the other way around ✍️ Abubakr Al-shoaibi Kyle T. Ganson @testaalex Kiss Orsolya Jinbo He, PhD Fiona C Baker 🔗tinyurl.com/3fsfeeav

📢 New UCSF Benioff SF editorial in JAMA Network! Findings from Xiao et al. highlight the importance of measuring addictive screen use beyond screen time alone ✍️ Many thanks to co-authors Christiane Helmer and @AbuShoaibi 🔗 tinyurl.com/3w7xmrxj

New UCSF Benioff SF study in Sleep Health! Bedtime #screenuse and #sleep outcomes ➡️71% of tweens had a phone in their bedroom ➡️25% were woken up in the past week by notifications 🔗 tinyurl.com/cr66wrzk National Sleep Foundation Fiona C Baker Jinbo He, PhD

New collab: PEHJournal, lead: Kyle T. Ganson >33% of young men reported knowing some1 using steroids AND this linked to stronger intentions to use 💉 🔗doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.… 👥Alex Testa Jason Nagata, MD 🏛️Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work UCSF Pediatrics UTHealth Houston Griffith Centre for Mental Health UQ Centre for Health Services Research

📣 New UCSF Benioff SF study in Current Psychiatry Reports and at #MediaAndMinds25! A review of interventions aimed at reducing #MentalHealth effects of problematic #SocialMedia use among adolescents 🔗 tinyurl.com/psmuinterventi… Children and Screens SMAHRT