In an age where digital connection is universal, this symposium examines internet use’s dual impact on child

and adolescent mental health — benefits and risks like anxiety, sleep disruption, and cyberbullying. Keynote

speaker A/Prof. Daniel Fung presents Singapore’s Youth Mental Health Study, assessing global and local

severity and sharing multi-level strategies for safe engagement. Legal expert Dr. Ruifeng Song addresses

Keeping Kids Safe Online: A Legal Perspective on age restrictions, screen time, and scam prevention.

Psychiatric experts review recommendations and policies on screen time, brain development under digital

influence, Internet Gaming Disorder diagnosis, the latest management, practical interventions through

case vignettes, and the Queen Mary Hospital Child Psychiatry team’s PIU Group Service. NGOs share the

landscape of community support. The symposium aims to heighten societal awareness, prompt collective

review of young children’s device culture, and inspire parents, educators, policymakers, and clinicians to

cultivate wiser digital guidelines or even legislation that protect the physical and mental well-being of our

next generations.

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