FACTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MENTAL HEALTH

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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about Social Media and Your …

… 10 Facts You Didn’t Know about Social Media and Your Mental Health · 1. Americans Check Their Phone 46 Times Per Day · 2. Social Media Is Addictive · 3. “Facebook ⁽¹⁾ …

… Statistics About Social Media’s Impact on Youth Mental Health · Name-calling (42%) · Spreading false rumors (32%) · Receiving unsolicited explicit images (25%) ⁽²⁾ …

Social Media and Mental Health – HelpGuide.org

… Excessive use of social media can fuel anxiety depression FOMO and other mental health issues. Here’s how to change your habits for the better.⁽³⁾ …

… 21 A British study tied social media use to decreased disrupted and delayed sleep which is associated with depression memory loss and ⁽⁴⁾ …

Social media and mental health – Medical News Today

… Social media use can lead to low quality sleep and harm mental health. It has associations with depression anxiety and low self-esteem.⁽⁵⁾ …

… 1 Recent studies referenced by The Child Mind Institute and The National Center for Health Research suggest people who frequently use social media ⁽⁶⁾ …

Social Media and Adolescents’ and Young Adults’ Mental Health

… It is unclear whether using social media leads to depression and anxiety symptoms or if people who are already more depressed or more anxious use social media ⁽⁷⁾ …

… 16 Research studies note the connection between use of social media and its undesirable outcomes that increase incidence of anxiety stress ⁽⁸⁾ …