Media Press Kit

Victoria L. Dunckley, M.D, is an award-winning integrative child psychiatrist, author, speaker, and activist. She is a nationally-recognized expert on the impact of screen-time on brain health and development, and coined the term “Electronic Screen Syndrome” to describe how electronics can overstimulate and detune a child’s nervous system, causing mood, focus, sleep and behavioral issues.

Fox News LA Dunckley Reset Your Child's Brain — On Fox News LA (click to view)

A frequent media consultant for print, radio, documentaries and TV, she has been interviewed on such outlets as CNN, Today show, NBC Nightly News, Investigation Discovery, Good Morning America, NPR, the Washington Post, and Fox News LA.

Her blog on Psychology Today, Mental Wealth, has received more than 8 million views.

Dr. Dunckley’s groundbreaking book, Reset Your Child’s Brain: A Four Week Plan to End Meltdowns, Raise Grades and Boost Social Skills by Reversing the Effects of Electronic Screen Time has received praise from parents, health practitioners, educators, tech addiction experts, and child health organizations, and is now published in ten languages.

For speaking inquiries and time-sensitive media requests, please contact Dr. Dunckley directly at (714) 926-4796 or info (at) drdunckley (dot) com.

Recent media:
2024

Wall Street Journal – Jan 2024 – Why more women are being diagnosed with ADHD

2023

1000 Hours Outside -Aug 2023 (podcast) – Unplugging for Mental Health: Insights from Dr Victoria Dunckley’s “Reset Your Child’s Brain”

CNN -Jan2023-LearningLossSocialMediaSurgeonGeneralWarning_VictoriaDunckleyMD

The Defender – Meta delilberately collects data from millions of kids – but doesn’t want public to know (Nov 2023)

2022

Chicago Parent – How to manage your kids’ screen time habits with an electronic fast Oct 2022 (interview)
Health Digest – Signs Your Screen Time Could be Making You Sick Nov 2022 (article)
ParentCirlce – Is your child addicted to gadgets? A 4 week screen fast can help reset their brain, says expert Nov 2020 (interview)
Clarin – Oct 2022 (interview, Argentina)
Japan Times – Psychiatrist warns against rush to digitize learning Sept 2022 (interview)

2021

Boston Globe – Screen-time Shutdown Aug 2021 (cartoon)
Baby Chick – How to Take Control of Your Family’s Screen Time July 2021 (article)
NPR CapRadio- Insight Show – Screen Time Return to Class Aug 2021 (radio interview)
Daily Mail – How to Help Your Child Have a Slimmer Summer July 2021 (interview)
Washington Post – Parents are struggling to get kids off screens after the pandemic Jun 2021

Dr Dunckley on Good Morning America: Parents with 2 young kids obsessed with electronics get an intervention (May 18th, 2017):

On Hallmark Home & Family: Resetting your child’s brain

To view Dr. Dunckley’s “The Overstimulated Child” at the Commonwealth Club in 2015, click here.

RECENT PRESS:
2017:

Parents with 2 young kids obsessed with electronics get an intervention (May 18th, 2017; see video at top of page)

Do You Know Enough About the Impact of Screen Time on Students? (May 2017)

Vibe magazine of DB Post in India: Tech addicted kiddo? Get him offline NOW! (5/7/17)

Australian Financial Review magazine: Want a phone that’s just a phone? You’ll struggle to find one (May 1st, 2017)

Beth Greer’s Kids in Crisis radio podcast: Dr Victoria Dunckley on “Reset Your Child’s Brain,” Electronics Use and Misdiagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders in Children

2016:

Real Simple magazine: Parenting against the Internet (Sept 2016)

Voice America 11:11 radio show: Reset Your Child’s Brain, Dr Victoria Dunckley (8/15/16)

Boys Alive! podcast interview: Is he addicted to screens? (8/25/16)

San Francisco Chronicle: Younger kids learn coding – but is it too early? (7/30/16)

Chicago Tribune, advice piece on competitive siblings: Michael Phelps’ sister talks about sibling rivalry (7/22/16)

Fearless Parent Radio with Carla Atherton: Tech Brain: The Vice Grip of Screens and Lights (4/20/16)

Inspire Nation with Michael Sandler podcast interview: What you need to know about electronic screen time–especially if you have kids! (Feb 2016)

Real Simple magazine, on the brain benefits of quiet: The one thing your child needs—and isn’t getting (Jan 2016)

NPR News by Anya Kamenentz: The president wants every student to learn computer science. How would that work? (1/13/16)
2015:
WGN Chicago radio with Matt Bubala: Victoria Dunckley on the Effects of Electronic Screen Time (12/29/15)

BlogHer: All is Calm: The Benefits of Quiet Time for Babies and Children (Dec 2015)

Coast to Coast with George Noory radio: Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields, guests Victoria Dunckley and Katie Singer (11/18/15)

Hallmark Home & Family Show: Resetting Your Child’s Brain (9/9/15)
WGN Radio: “Reset Your Child’s Brain: ‘It’s the Medium Not the Message’ “ (9/3/15)

Working Mother Radio “Electronic Fasting” (9/15/15)

KPFK 90.7 Los Angeles, The Aware Show with Lisa Garr: “Victoria Dunckley & Reset Your Child’s Brain” (9/2/15)

Conscious Talk Radio “Author of Reset Your Child’s Brain talks about injurious effects of screen-time for children” (8/26/15)

Fox News LA: Child psychiatrist on electronic screens and children’s brains (8/19/15)
Chris Fabry Live! “Toxic-Free Tips: Kids and Screens” (interview begins at 12 min mark) (7/21/15)

NPR Education blogger Anya Kamenetz, “Coding Class then Naptime: Computer Science for the Kindergarten Set” (Sept 18, 2015)

Dr Dunckley’s recent Psychology Today article “Screentime is Making Kids Moody, Crazy and Lazy“ -_ – has earned over 700,000 likes on Facebook and more than 1.5 million views (Aug 2015)