InnerSections

Socially Overwired is a 22‑minute documentary that offers an intimate look at how social media and smartphone use are shaping the mental health of today’s youth. Through insights from medical experts, current research, and powerful firsthand stories from adolescents, the film explores the emotional and psychological effects of excessive screen time. It also highlights practical digital‑wellness strategies and empowers families, schools, and communities to work together in fostering healthier, more supportive social environments.

 This film is produced by Poppy Pro Productions. Learn more about the film at sociallyoverwired.com.

Meet the Speakers

Stacey Summers

Producer & Director of Socially Overwired

Jamie Freeny, DrPH, MPH

Child & Adolescent Mental Health Expert & Evaluation Scientist

Katelyn Tate, DO

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Karolyn Skalany, MD

Psychiatrist

Burnout: A Music & Picture Show is a powerful live performance by Laura Spector that blends paintings, music, and live narrative, capturing the slow slide into exhaustion and the strange, creative ways we find our way back. Performed by Laura Spector and Bradley Dean Whyte, this multimedia experience is part concert, part confession, and part communal reflection on resilience and repair. Following the performance, stay for a conversation with the artist and healthcare professionals as we open space to reflect, share, and reimagine what care can look like for ourselves and each other. 

This program offers an accessible entry point into conversations around burnout, a growing public health concern. By centering lived experience alongside creative perspectives, it reduces stigma, encourages dialogue, and invites audiences to better understand stress, resilience, and care in their own lives and communities.

Performers/Panelists

Laura Spector

Visual Artist & Resident Artist at the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics at UTHealth Houston

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Bradley Dean Whyte

Recording Artist, Musician & Interdisciplinary Performer

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Bryant Talley

Professional Session Drummer

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Panelists

Dr. Cristy Gamez, Ph.D.

Licensed Psychologist

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Dr. Crystal Collier, Phd, LPC-S

Therapist, Researcher & Educator 

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Paths (Senderos) is a community-driven project, housed in the Center for Community and Public Health at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) as they experience grief and loss.

Loss can include the death of a loved one, but also changes such as losing a pet, a job, a home, or important belongings. Many people with IDD are not included in conversations about grief, and there are very few resources designed with their needs in mind. Paths (Senderos) is working to change that by creating accessible, bilingual resources that help people understand and cope with loss. 

These short videos and companion booklets explore different types of loss and ways people can find support. These resources are designed for adults with IDD as well as the people who support them, including family members, caregivers, and direct support professionals. 

Paths (Senderos) is led by researchers at Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and developed in close collaboration with community partners, advocates, and people with lived experience. By working together, the project aims to create resources that are compassionate, culturally responsive, and truly useful to the community.

Agenda

Special Thanks to

This work is supported by the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities through a grant from the U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Washington, D.C. 20201, with a 100% federal funding award totaling $6,120,128. Council efforts are those of the grantee and do not necessarily represent the official views of nor are endorsed by ACL, HHS, or the U.S. government.