Current Environment: Production

Medical Services

Programs & Services

Languages

  • English

Education

Undergraduate School

Pomona College

1977, Claremont, CA

Medical School

Harvard Medical School

1991, Boston, MA

Internship

Pediatrics

Boston Children's Hospital

1992, Boston, MA

Residency

Pediatrics

Boston Children's Hospital

1994, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Adolescent Medicine

Boston Children's Hospital

1996, Boston, MA

Graduate School

MPH

Harvard School of Public Health

1997, Boston, MA

Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine)

Professional History

Michael Rich, MD, MPH practices adolescent medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and is an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rich is the founder and director of the Digital Wellness Lab and the Clinic for Interactive Media and Internet Disorders (CIMAID), the first evidence-based medical program addressing physical, mental, and social health issues associated with digital technology use. Known as “The Mediatrician,” Dr. Rich offers research-based, actionable, and practical answers to parents’, educators’, and clinicians’ questions about children’s and adolescents’ media use and the positive and negative implications for their health and development. Dr. Rich is recognized for his acclaimed work as a pediatrician, child health researcher, and children’s media specialist and is the author of The Mediatrician’s Guide: A Joyful Approach to Raising Healthy, Smart, Kind Kids in a Screen-Saturated World.

Media

Parentcast Podcast

Dr. Michael Rich is featured: Is my child spending too much time online?

Boston 25

Dr. Michael Rich shares practical strategies for raising kind, smart, healthy kids in digital age.

Publications

  1. Social adolescents, social media, and social emotional development. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2023 10; 7(10):673-675. View Abstract

  2. Media Influences on Children and Advice for Parents to Reduce Harmful Exposure to Firearm Violence in Media. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2023 12; 70(6):1217-1224. View Abstract

  3. Exploring Use Patterns and Racial and Ethnic Differences in Real Time Affective States During Social Media Use Among a Clinical Sample of Adolescents With Depression: Prospective Cohort Study. JMIR Form Res. 2022 May 12; 6(5):e30900. View Abstract

  4. Indian Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines on Screen Time and Digital Wellness in Infants, Children and Adolescents. Indian Pediatr. 2022 Mar 15; 59(3):235-244. View Abstract

  5. An Internet Quiz Game Intervention for Adolescent Alcohol Drinking: A Clustered RCT. Pediatrics. 2021 12 01; 148(6). View Abstract

  6. Impact of sleep duration, physical activity, and screen time on health-related quality of life in children and adolescents. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2021 May 12; 19(1):145. View Abstract

  7. Can Smartphones Make Smart Kids? Pediatrics. 2020 01; 145(1). View Abstract

  8. Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Treating Problematic Interactive Media Use. J Psychiatr Pract. 2020 01; 26(1):63-70. View Abstract

  9. A primary care pediatrician's guide to assessing problematic interactive media use. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2019 08; 31(4):435-441. View Abstract

  10. Problematic interactive media use in teens: comorbidities, assessment, and treatment. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2019; 12:447-455. View Abstract

  11. A Preliminary Evaluation of a School-Based Media Education and Reduction Intervention. J Prim Prev. 2018 06; 39(3):229-245. View Abstract

  12. Internet Use, Depression, and Anxiety in a Healthy Adolescent Population: Prospective Cohort Study. JMIR Ment Health. 2018 05 22; 5(2):e44. View Abstract

  13. Children's at Home: Pilot Study Assessing Dedicated Social Media for Parents of Adolescents with Neurofibromatosis Type 1. J Genet Couns. 2018 04; 27(2):505-517. View Abstract

  14. Internet Gaming Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2017 Nov; 140(Suppl 2):S81-S85. View Abstract

  15. Multitasking With Television Among Adolescents. J Broadcast Electron Media. 2015; 59(1):130-148. View Abstract

  16. Media use and depression: exposure, household rules, and symptoms among young adolescents in the USA. Int J Public Health. 2015 Feb; 60(2):147-55. View Abstract

  17. Sex-related online behaviors and adolescents' body and sexual self-perceptions. Pediatrics. 2014 Dec; 134(6):1103-10. View Abstract

  18. Exploring the perspectives of obese adolescent girls. Qual Health Res. 2013 Oct; 23(10):1369-76. View Abstract

  19. Characteristics of screen media use associated with higher BMI in young adolescents. Pediatrics. 2013 May; 131(5):935-41. View Abstract

  20. Role of video games in improving health-related outcomes: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med. 2012 Jun; 42(6):630-8. View Abstract

  21. The fault, dear viewer, lies not in the screens, but in ourselves: relationships between screen media and childhood overweight/obesity. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2011 Dec; 58(6):1493-508, xii. View Abstract

  22. A plea for concern regarding violent video games. Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Aug; 86(8):818-20. View Abstract

  23. Cardiac care for older adults. Time for a new paradigm. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 May 03; 57(18):1801-10. View Abstract

  24. Device therapy in patients with heart failure and advanced age: too much too late? Int J Cardiol. 2012 Feb 23; 155(1):52-5. View Abstract

  25. Effect of depression on prognosis in heart failure. Heart Fail Clin. 2011 Jan; 7(1):11-21. View Abstract

  26. Effect of omega-3 fatty acids on heart rate variability in depressed patients with coronary heart disease. Psychosom Med. 2010 Oct; 72(8):748-54. View Abstract

  27. Omega-3 augmentation of sertraline in treatment of depression in patients with coronary heart disease: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2009 Oct 21; 302(15):1651-7. View Abstract

  28. E-mail intervention decreases online health risk references among adolescents. J Pediatr. 2009 Jul; 155(1):147. View Abstract

  29. Television viewing in infancy and child cognition at 3 years of age in a US cohort. Pediatrics. 2009 Mar; 123(3):e370-5. View Abstract

  30. Generation to generation: discrimination and harassment experiences of physician mothers and their physician daughters. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Jul-Aug; 16(6):883-94. View Abstract

  31. Can neighborhoods explain racial/ethnic differences in adolescent media use?. Journal of Adolescent Health;2006'38(2):133-134. 2007.

  32. Measuring youth media exposure (MYME): A pilot study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2007; 40(2, Supplement 1):S5-S6.

  33. Can neighborhoods explain racial/ethnic differences in adolescent inactivity? Int J Pediatr Obes. 2007; 2(4):202-10. View Abstract

  34. Is Television Healthy? The Medical Perspective. Children and Television: 50 Years of Research. 2007.

  35. Pulling the Plug on Entertainment Industry Ratings: In Reply. Pediatrics 2007;119(6):1261. Pediatrics. 2007.

  36. Is TV healthy? The medical perspective. Children and television: 50 years of research. Pecora N, Murray J, Wartella E (eds.). 2006; in press(in press).

  37. Media and child health: pediatric care and anticipatory guidance for the information age. Pediatr Rev. 2006 Aug; 27(8):289-98. View Abstract

  38. Effects of creating visual illness narratives on quality of life with asthma: a pilot intervention study. J Adolesc Health. 2006 Jun; 38(6):748-52. View Abstract

  39. Effects of creating visual illness narratives on quality of life with asthma: a pilot intervention study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2006; 38(6):748-752.

  40. Is television viewing associated with social isolation? Roles of exposure time, viewing context, and violent content. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006 Apr; 160(4):387-92. View Abstract

  41. Policies of Health Organizations and their Effects. Calvert SL, Wilson BJ, editors. Blackwell Handbook of Children, Media and Development. 2006; in press.

  42. Isolation of health services research from practice and policy: the example of chronic heart failure management. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Mar; 54(3):535-40. View Abstract

  43. Pediatricians leading the way: integrating a career and a family/personal life over the life cycle. Pediatrics. 2006 Feb; 117(2):519-22. View Abstract

  44. Media and Child Health: Anticipatory Guidance for the Information Age. Pediatrics in Review. 2006; 27(8):289-297.

  45. Brain imaging- An introduction to a new approach to studying media processes and effects. Media Psychology. 2006; 8:1-6.

  46. Media and child health: Pediatric care and anticipatory guidance for the information age. Pediatrics in Review 2006;27(8:289-297. 2006.

  47. Media and child health: peril or promise. Pediatrics in Review. 2005; in press.

  48. Researching human experience: Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment (VIA). Australasian Journal of Information Systems. 2005; 12(2):103-111.

  49. Visual narratives of the pediatric illness experience: children communicating with clinicians through video. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2005 Jul; 14(3):571-87, x-xi. View Abstract

  50. Sex screen: the dilemma of media exposure and sexual behavior. Pediatrics. 2005 Jul; 116(1):329-31. View Abstract

  51. Video killed the radio star: the effects of music videos on adolescent health. Adolesc Med Clin. 2005 Jun; 16(2):371-93, ix. View Abstract

  52. Overweight status of adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome: body mass index as mediator of quality of life. Ambul Pediatr. 2005 Mar-Apr; 5(2):107-11. View Abstract

  53. Assessing adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a multiple perspective pilot study using visual illness narratives and interviews. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2005; 36(71):e9.

  54. Center on Media and Child Health: Building an e-resource for researchers and the public. Paper presented at the Special Libraries Association Annual Meeting, June 6-8, Toronto, Ontario. 2005.

  55. Achieving independence: The role of parental involvement with adolescents with spina bifida. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2005.

  56. Achieving independece" The role of parental involement with adolescents with spina bifida. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2005.

  57. Achieving independence: The role of parental involvement with adolescents with spina bifida. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2005; 36(2):129.

  58. Visual narratives of the pediatric illness experience: children communication with clinicians through video. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinics of North America. 2005; 14:571-587.

  59. The effects of electronic media on children ages 0-6: a review of research and funding. Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation. 2005.

  60. Understanding pediatric inner-city asthma: an explanatory model approach. Journal of Asthma. 2004; 41(2):167-77.

  61. Applying visual research: patients teaching physicians about asthma through visual illness narratives. Visual Anthropology Review. 2004; 20(1):17-30.

  62. Understanding pediatric inner-city asthma: an explanatory model approach. J Asthma. 2004 Apr; 41(2):167-77. View Abstract

  63. Health literacy via media literacy. American Behavioral Scientist. 2004; 48(2):165-88.

  64. Show is tell. Considering counter-narratives: narrating, resisting, making sense. Bamberg M, Andrews M(eds.). 2004; 151-158.

  65. Factors affecting change among obese adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2004; 34:112.

  66. Heart failure in the elderly. Congest Heart Fail. 2003 Nov-Dec; 9(6):311-21; discussion 309-10; quiz 322-3. View Abstract

  67. Boy, mediated: effects of entertainment media on adolescent male health. Adolesc Med. 2003 Oct; 14(3):691-715, viii. View Abstract

  68. Boy, mediated: effects of media on adolescent male health. Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. Rosen DS, Rich M (eds.). 2003; 14(3):691-715.

  69. Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. The Adolescent Male. 2003; 14(3).

  70. Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis during pregnancy: a report of 7 cases. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Apr 15; 36(8):996-1003. View Abstract

  71. Fertility concerns and sexual behavior in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome: implications for quality of life. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2003 Feb; 16(1):33-7. View Abstract

  72. Show is tell. Narrative Inquiry. 2003; 12(2):405-12.

  73. Visual illness narratives of asthma: explanatory models and health-related behavior. Am J Health Behav. 2002 Nov-Dec; 26(6):442-53. View Abstract

  74. Quality of life in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002 Jun; 156(6):556-60. View Abstract

  75. The prognostic importance of different definitions of worsening renal function in congestive heart failure. J Card Fail. 2002 Jun; 8(3):136-41. View Abstract

  76. Measuring quality of life in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their families: development and evaluation of a new tool. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002 Apr; 156(4):384-91. View Abstract

  77. Narrative research with audiovisual data: Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment (VIA) and NVivo. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 2002; 5(3):245-61.

  78. Obesity in the lives of children and adolescents: inquiry through patient-created visual narratives. Pediatric Research. 2002; 49(4):7A .

  79. A consensus statement on Health Care Transitions for Young Adults with special health care needs: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. Pediatrics. 2002; 110(6):1304-306.

  80. Media violence. Pediatrics. 2001; 108(5):1222-226.

  81. Children, adolescents, and television. Pediatrics. 2001; 107(2):423-26.

  82. Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Teens: Facts for Teens and their Parents; Raising Children to Resist Violence. American Academy of Pediatrics Patient/Parent Education Brochures. 2001.

  83. Sexuality, contraception, and the media. Pediatrics. 2001; 107(1):191-94.

  84. Consumerism: its impact on the health of adolescents. Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. 2001; 12(3):389-409.

  85. Child health in the information age: media education of pediatricians. Pediatrics. 2001 Jan; 107(1):156-62. View Abstract

  86. Video intervention/prevention assessment: a patient-centered methodology for understanding the adolescent illness experience. J Adolesc Health. 2000 Sep; 27(3):155-65. View Abstract

  87. Illness as a social construct: understanding what asthma means to the patient to better treat the disease. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 2000 May; 26(5):244-53. View Abstract

  88. Setting research directions for media literacy and health education. (conference report) Center for Media Studies, Rutgers University. 2000.

  89. Asthma in life context: Video Intervention/Prevention Assessment (VIA) Pediatrics. 2000 Mar; 105(3 Pt 1):469-77. View Abstract

  90. RELIEVE THE SQUEEZE!. 2000.

  91. It's your shot! Immunization by basketball. Ann Epidemiol. 1999 Oct; 9(7):394-6. View Abstract

  92. The reason and rhyme of qualitative research: why, when , how to use qualitative methods in the study of adolescent health. Journal of Adolescent Health. 1999; 25(6):371-78.

  93. Media education. Pediatrics. 1999; 104(2):341-43.

  94. Television and the Family; The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Rating Your Child's Entertainment. American Academy of Pediatrics Patient/Parent Education Brochures. 1999.

  95. Showing and telling asthma: children teaching physicians with visual narrative. Visual Sociology. 1999; 14:51-71.

  96. High quality, cost-effective care for adolescents with pelvic inflammatory disease. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 1998 Nov; 11(4):193-4. View Abstract

  97. Aggressors or victims: gender and race in music video violence. Pediatrics. 1998 Apr; 101(4 Pt 1):669-74. View Abstract

  98. Sleep problems in children; Home safety checklist; Understanding the impact of media on children and teens. American Academy of Pediatrics Patient/Parent Education Brochures. 1998.

  99. Tobacco and alcohol use behaviors portrayed in music videos: a content analysis. Am J Public Health. 1997 Jul; 87(7):1131-5. View Abstract

  100. Violence and weapon carrying in music videos. A content analysis. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997 May; 151(5):443-8. View Abstract

  101. Managing asthma with the adolescent. Curr Opin Pediatr. 1996 Aug; 8(4):301-9. View Abstract

  102. OPEN UP: A comprehensive education approach to asthma management in adolescents. 1995.

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