According to a survey conducted in the United States in March 2024, 35 percent of adults reported that they had taken an extended break from social media because it was harming their mental health. Overall, 51 percent of respondents had never taken an extended break from social networks f...
Social media can also become extremely addictive. This is due to the dopamine rush which people desire to achieve. Additionally, people cannot help but be curious of what others are doing. That curiosity makes social media addictive because of the fear of missing out on information.Lesson...
Social media has been consistently associated with youth mental health, but little is known about how gender identity interacts with this association. Objective To use a risk and resilience approach to examine the association between social media use and mental health among transgender, gender non...
In the UK, more than 90% of teenagers use the internet forsocial networking. There is growing concern about their use ofsocial mediaand the impact on their mental health and wellbeing, although evidence for the impact remains contradictory. Half of all mental illnesses start by the age of 14...
Meanwhile, Dawn Irwin was worried her daughter's mental health may take a turn for the worse when the pandemic first started. She was right to be concerned: Her daughter's anxiety was exacerbated due to coronavirus. She was terrified of leaving the house and would have a bath ...
For all the concerns about social media, it’s actually technology that may hold the key to the youth mental health crisis. After all, Gen Z is considered to be largely tech natives and embracing all things digital. One particular platform, Mightier, has been clinically validated to support...
In the initial weeks of the pandemic, calls by children related to “moderate” mental-health problems (e.g. stress, boredom) rose sharply (+ 13.1 p.p. in the week of 1 April 2020, 95% CI 10.2, 15.9), but were later superseded by an increase in calls due to mental health ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a global mental health crisis, with a particularly pronounced impact on the entrepreneurial sector. This paper presents a comparative analysis of mental health challenges among entrepreneurs in China during the pand
Among youths, medical students, who are required to earn more credits than other majors, were at an even higher risk of mental health disturbances due to multiple additional challenges, including restricted peer engagement, uncertainties regarding exams, struggles to understand their roles, and worry ...
Programmes to help users assess their relationship with drugs and alcohol to determine their need to quit or cutback. Alcohol Use Drug Use More on SilverCloud for substance use Family Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of new parents, children, teens, and their caregivers. Supporting...