In this episode, co-hosted by our Senior Editor Amy Slogrove and our Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Youth Advisory Panel member, Matea Canizares, we discuss adolescent digital intimate partner violence.

*Intimate partner violence might be a difficult topic for some, please take care if this is so for you, and do step away from this episode if you feel the need.*

Amy and Matea are in conversation with Dr Thao Ha, Associate Professor of psychology and director of the HEART (Healthy Experiences Across Relationships and Transitions) Lab, from Arizona State University. Dr Ha along with her co-author Dr Taren McGray, have shone a spotlight on the complexity of adolescent relationships in digital and AI-influenced spaces in a Comment titled “No safe place: ending adolescent digital intimate partner violence”. We discuss what digital intimate partner violence is and the nuances in adolescent relationships, the co-occurrence with offline intimate partner violence, the sometimes shifting relationship between victims and victimizers, the central importance of young peoples perspectives in understanding these dynamics and supporting healthy intimate relationships, and the opportunities for us all to contribute and advocate for a world where technology does good instead of harm in supporting healthy relationships.

Links for the Comment and associated content in our journal:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(25)00372-4/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(25)00311-6/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(25)00343-8/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(24)00145-7/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(24)00329-8/fulltext

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