What Role Does Social Media Use Play in the Youth Mental Health Crisis? Researchers Are Trying to Find Out

Ed Surge – Lilah Burke

In December 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory on youth mental health. A few months later, the chief science officer at the American Psychological Association testified before a Senate committee that America’s youth mental health system was fundamentally flawed. Not only have symptoms of mood disorders, such as depression, increased in teens and children—but manifestations of those diseases, such as emergency room visits and suicides, have as well. 

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