CEAR (Cyberpsychiatry Education Awareness Research) is a pioneering initiative dedicated to exploring how digital environments shape mental health, behaviour, and identity. As our lives become increasingly entangled with online spaces—from social media to anonymous forums, livestreams to gaming—understanding the psychological impacts of digital life is no longer optional. CEAR responds to this urgent need by offering evidence-based insight into the ways internet culture influences how we think, feel, relate, and act.

Our work brings together psychiatry, psychology, digital sociology, and cultural studies to map emerging digital phenomena with real-world implications. From radicalisation pipelines to disinhibition, online misogyny to internet addiction, CEAR is committed to unearthing how digital ecosystems contribute to risk, resilience, vulnerability and recovery in mental health. We believe professionals—from clinicians to teachers, frontline workers to policymakers—need new tools and understanding to meet the realities of online life.

Through research, publications, professional training and public awareness campaigns, CEAR exists to bridge the gap between traditional mental health frameworks and the rapidly evolving digital landscape. Our mission is to ensure that digital wellbeing is not an afterthought, but a core part of how we understand and support people in a hyperconnected world.