Social media addiction among teenagers has taken a worrying turn. In a recent lawsuit against Meta, TikTok, and YouTube, a 19 ...

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 ...

Social media or video games are unlikely to be causing mental health problems in young teenagers, a major new study has ...

A new long-term study challenges fears around teen screen time, showing social media hours alone don’t cause mental health problems—context, experiences, and offline factors matter far more.

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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 ...

As a hospital-based physician, I almost always treat people with serious chronic health conditions. As a consequence of these conditions, they lose not just energy but also connection to much of what ...

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, ...