Heavy use of smartphones, internet, and many social media platforms can have debilitating effects on our neural processing, ...

Study Shows Blaming Instagram And Snapchat For Teen Anxiety May Be Oversimplified In A Nutshell Study Size: 25,629 ...

A new long-term study challenges fears around teen screen time, showing social media hours alone don’t cause mental health ...

Social media use among young adults is nearly universal worldwide. For instance, 95 per cent of teenagers (13–17) in the United States are on social platforms, with about a third ...

The research found little evidence that time spent on social media or frequent gaming causes mental health problems in ...

Most teenagers have 24/7 access to a popular drug. They are high off it for hours a day and carry it in their pockets everywhere they go. The drug? Social media. From making calls to getting ...

U.S. teens spend an average of 4.8 hours every day on various social media platforms. That amount of screen time has been linked to a variety of issues, including increased levels of anxiety and ...

Teenagers who have strong friendships tend to have better mental health, regardless of their social media use, a new study finds. Social media has become omnipresent in the lives of teens. A 2023 ...

Researchers are debating the strength of evidence connecting technology to surging rates of adolescent mental illness. But they have some clear advice for parents. The book reinforced an acute concern ...

At the same time that rising rates of poor mental health among youth have been called a national crisis, and as parents and regulators call on social media companies to do more to keep young people ...

Longstanding concerns exist about excessive social media use causing mental health problems. The best evidence for this view comes from longitudinal studies showing that earlier social media use leads ...

An overwhelming majority of Australians struggling with their mental health are turning to social media – not trained professionals – for answers, in what experts say could be to “their own downfall ...