Mental Health Crisis in Youth: What is the Role of Social Media?
Over the past several decades, there has been a marked increase in mental health problems and suicidality among youth in the United States and globally. These patterns are concerning and puzzling. The increase in mental health problems among youth coincided with the advent of social media. In addition, many studies have found that individuals who report increased social media use also report increased mental health symptoms. This has led some scientists to propose that social media use may be directly responsible for the increase in mental health problems among youth [1, 2].
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