Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health

2020/02/09 by Elia Abi-Jaoude, Elia Abi‐Jaoude, Karline Treurnicht Naylor +1 · 5 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Impact of Technology on Adolescents #Child Development and Digital Technology #Digital Mental Health Interventions

paper · pdf · doi:10.1503/cmaj.190434

Abstract

KEY POINTS In the last decade, increasing mental distress and treatment for mental health conditions among youth in North America has paralleled a steep rise in the use of smartphones and social media by children and adolescents. In Ontario, the proportion of teenagers reporting moderate to serious

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