What are the potential harms of social media use by teens? Over the last decade, increasing evidence has identified the potential negative impact of social media on adolescents. According to a research study of American teens ages 12–15, those who used social media over three hours each day ...
Murthy has previously stressed the potential harms that teenagers encounter from social media platforms, pushing last year forstronger guidelinesfor children and teens amid growing research that indicates the apps pose what he described at the time as a "profound risk" to young people's mental heal...
TikTok, and Instagram—has been blamed for contributing to the crisis. But a committee of the national academies found that the relationship between social media and youth mental health is complex, with potential benefits as well as harms. ...
"Although social media platforms may claim that they can self-regulate their practices to reduce the harms to young people, they have yet to do so, and our study suggests they have overwhelming financial incentives to continue to delay taking meaningful steps to protect children," said S....
The more time that people — particularly kids, teens, and young adults — spend on social media, the more likely it becomes that they’ll suffer from depression, anxiety, suicidal ideations, and other mental health problems. In fact, social media addiction statistics indicate that teenagers who...
All of this is back in the headlines after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthycalled fora warning label on social media platforms, citing mental health harms to youth. The plea was met with a range of reactions — from full support to claims that it wouldn’t change a thing. A day ...
Social media has been linked to mental health issues. Just last month, research out of Canada showed that higher levels of social media use was linked with increased depressive symptoms in adolescents. With this study, the problem is put in a better context. It's not necessarily social media...
Yet, social media has disrupted modern societies in many ways, some of them harmful. In earlier posts, The Human Beast highlighted some of the major harms social media poses to our psychological health. Mental Health Problems: Depression, Suicide, Narcissism, Eating Disorders, Loneliness The use ...
attacks take a serious toll on adolescents' mental health (Xia, Zhimei, 2006). The severity of cyberbullying may go far beyond what we see ourselves online. Dr Murthy's recommendations may help to break this silence and encourage open discussion about the potential harms of social media. ...
Social media use has been linked to depression, especially in teenage girls. But a new study argues that the issue may be more complex than experts think.