Smartphone-based social media is the principal cause of the rise in adolescent depression, anxiety, and self-harm seen across the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and the Nordic countries since roughly 2012.
Evidence (10)
The Anxious Generation (Haidt 2024)
A great rewiring of childhood produced an epidemic of mental illness.
https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book
Haidt — Evidence collaboration
https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/the-evidence-keeps-piling-up
U.S. Surgeon General Advisory: Social Media and Youth Mental Health (2023)
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf
The Anxious Generation (Haidt 2024)
A great rewiring of childhood produced an epidemic of mental illness.
https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book
Haidt — Evidence collaboration (Substack)
https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/the-evidence-keeps-piling-up
U.S. Surgeon General Advisory: Social Media and Youth Mental Health (2023)
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf
The Anxious Generation (Haidt 2024)
A great rewiring of childhood produced an epidemic of mental illness.
https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book
Haidt — Evidence collaboration (Substack)
https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/the-evidence-keeps-piling-up
U.S. Surgeon General Advisory: Social Media and Youth Mental Health (2023)
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/sg-youth-mental-health-social-media-advisory.pdf
The Anxious Generation (Haidt 2024)
A great rewiring of childhood produced an epidemic of mental illness.
https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book
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