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Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand teens’ experiences and attitudes around teen mental health and social media. Part of this study also examines parents’ perspectives. The Center ...

One in five U.S. teens say social media has negatively impacted their mental health and nearly half say it has a mostly negative impact on kids their age. A Pew Research Center report published ...

Harvard Medical School clinical psychologist Jacqueline Sperling discusses the impact of seeing video of the shooting of Alex ...

Most teenagers have 24/7 access to a popular drug. They are high off it for hours a day and carry it in their pockets everywhere they go. The drug? Social media. From making calls to getting ...

Australia is pulling the plug on its teens’ social media habits. The country enacted the world’s first ban on social media for children under 16 this week, threatening tech giants with ...

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Many of us spend hours scrolling through social media every day. But have you ever stopped to think about the impact it has on our mental health? According to Cleveland Clinic’s Susan Albers, PsyD, ...