Time spent scrolling through TikTok or playing video games is widely seen to be driving the current crisis in youth mental ...
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 ...
A new long-term study challenges fears around teen screen time, showing social media hours alone don’t cause mental health ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Olivia Kanavati might think about social media more than she uses it. The 17-year-old from a Twin Cities suburb uses an app that tracks how many times a day she opens social media on ...
By focusing too much on diagnosing mental disorders, we are teaching people to understand and label their distress in unhelpful ways, says psychologist Joanna Barlas of JCU in Singapore.
Mental health is increasingly recognized as a universal human right and an essential foundation of human development. Yet across the world, millions remain without access to the support they need, ...
Much has been said about rises in mental health problems reported by younger people over the past 20 years. It is estimated that the prevalence of anxiety for 18-to-25-year-olds was about 8% in 2008, ...