ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2024
Social Media and Youth Mental Health.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Relationship between attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance, mentalization ability, and various digital addictions: a cross-sectional study among university students.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- The dual-sensitive period gut-brain crosstalk, neuroinflammation, and the biological roots of adolescent depression.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
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- The impact of social media use on college students' mental health: a narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Editorial: Social interaction in cyberspace: online gaming, social media, and mental health.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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- Perceived Digital Well-Being Scale in the United States and United Kingdom: Psychometric Validation Study.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- The relationship between caregiver burden and anxiety in family caregivers of adolescents with depression: the mediating role of psychological resilience.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Gender Differences in the Association Between Sexting and Self-Harm Behavior Among Taiwanese Adolescents.Psychiatry investigation · 2025Article
- Wellbeing skills strengthening as a model for healthy adolescent digital technology use.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- Psychosocial and behavioral factors linked to low oral health related quality of life in young Chinese temporomandibular disorder patients.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Familial Functioning and Social Media Use Among Children with Depression and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Comparative Study with Healthy Controls.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association between the use of information and communication technology and cognitive decline stratified by social isolation: The Otassha study.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025Observational
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Abstract
purpose of reviewWe review recent evidence regarding the relationship between the social media (SM) habits, experiences, and the mental health of youth. We examine effects of social media use (SMU) on specific diagnoses including depression and anxiety. The relationship between psychiatric illness, specific SM experiences, and the issue of SM mental health contagion is also explored. RECENT
findingsYouth engagement in SMU has increased dramatically in recent years, concurrent with increases in prevalence of depression and anxiety. The relationship between SMU and mental illness is complex and depends on characteristics of the user (e.g., social comparison and fear of missing out (FOMO) and their SM habits and experiences (e.g., cyberbullying, and sexting,). SM engagement has distinct impacts on anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Growing evidence documents how SM may be a medium for psychiatric contagion. Research findings are largely correlational and dependent on subjective report, limiting their interpretation. The mental health of youth is increasingly tied to their SMU, depending greatly on how youth engage with SM and resultant feedback. Future research must look to establish causality in relationships between SM and mental illness.
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