This chart shows the biggest perceived threats to teenagers' mental health from the perspective of parents and teens.

Other key findings from the survey: More teens report spending too much time on social media: 45% of teens say they spend too much time on social media in our current survey, up from 36% in 2022.

What research actually says about social media and kids’ health. There is no clear scientific evidence that social media is causing mental health issues among young people. Here’s what we do know.

But the emphasis on fears about social media may cause policymakers to miss the mental health benefits it provides teenagers, say researchers, pediatricians, and the National Academies of Sciences ...

Repeated exposure to distressing content on social media platforms is linked to secondary trauma, anxiety, and emotional ...

Hence, the excessive usage of social media especially in young, developing individuals may cause mental health ...

More studies may be needed to pinpoint the specific underlying cause of the link between social media use and negative mental health outcomes, but if you're feeling the effects, it may be ...

Social media’s danger on youth mental health has captured the attention of Texas lawmakers, at times, eclipsing focus on bigger threats — provider shortages and funding cuts to programs.

Efforts to limit social media have been mounting recently in response to growing concern about their use and its relationship to a mental health crisis among today’s youth. U.S. Surgeon General ...

Although social media's original intentions were to provide endless community, its popularity in use has began to have negative effects on users, causing mental health issues and distractions ...

Many young people struggling with their mental health are turning to social media – not trained professionals – for answers, in what experts say could be to “their own downfall and their own ...

But the emphasis on fears about social media may cause policymakers to miss the mental health benefits it provides teenagers, say researchers, pediatricians, and the National Academies of Sciences ...