The mental-health-decline curve has the same shape and inflection year across countries that share little besides a common smartphone-adoption window in 2010–2013.
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CDC — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBS)
https://www.cdc.gov/yrbs/index.html
CDC — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBS)
https://www.cdc.gov/yrbs/index.html
CDC — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBS)
https://www.cdc.gov/yrbs/index.html
CDC — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBS)
https://www.cdc.gov/yrbs/index.html
UNICEF Innocenti — Report Card 17: Places and Spaces (2022)
Children's well-being depends on multiple, interacting environmental factors; no single policy lever is sufficient.
https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/reports/innocenti-report-card-17
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