2026-16: The Newest Risk Factor for Pediatric Depression, Anxiety, and Suicidal Ideation: Cyberbullying 

Well documented consequences of cyberbullying victimization in pediatrics include depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Though recommendations state that children should be seen by a healthcare professional when these issues occur currently no evidence-based guidelines exist to address cyberbullying victimization for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.

Presenter: Elizabeth Hutson, RN, PMHNP-BC, PhD Student

Disclosures: The presenters and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation. 

Session Length: 42 minutes

Target Audience: RN, APRN

Session Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

1. Define cyberbullying.
2. Discuss evidence-based treatment strategies for children who have developed depression, anxiety, and/or suicidal ideation as a consequence of victimization of cyberbullying.
3. Identify ineffective coping skills for victims of cyberbullying.

Keywords: Cyberbullying, Child and Adolescent, Depression, Anxiety, Evidence Based Practice 

Continuing Nursing Education
0.75 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. 

Originally Presented
APNA 30th Annual Conference
Hartford, Connecticut
Thursday, October 20
11:15am - 12:00pm 

Release Date: January 19, 2017
The contact hours for this session expire: November 30, 2019