A new advisory from the U.S. surgeon general warns of an urgent public health issue regarding social media usage and youth mental health.
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Mitchell Prinstein, Ph.D., chief science officer of the APA, told ABC News that as it stands now, the time in life that kids' brains develop the most is also when they are most exposed to social media. Time is a key component when it comes to assessing social media and mental health risks, as teens who spend more than three hours a day on social media may unknowingly double their risk of poor mental health outcomes, according to the advisory.Dr. Colette Poole-Boykin, a child psychiatrist and assistant professor at Yale University, told ABC News that the reality may be worse than data shows because children may underestimate the time they report spending on social media.
According to the surgeon general's advisory, 75% of teens say social media sites are only doing a fair to poor job of addressing the issues of cyberbullying and online harassment.Dr. Darien Sutton breaks down the new advisory issued by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on the growing concerns around social media and its impact on youth mental health.
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