Psychiatric Times September 6, 2023
Check out this guide for supporting youth in their social media use.
Clinicians need guidance on how to better support youth in their social media use. Directed by the voices of youth from our nationwide study, we would like to relay some additional guidance for clinicians surrounding this large task based on youths’ own experiences and advice.1
Social Media Use Contributes to Both Well-Being and Ill-Being Among Youth
The culmination of research about social media’s effect on youth mental health has taught us that social media can contribute to both well-being and ill-being.2 The degree of increase in well/ill-being depends on multiple variables including the baseline characteristics of the individual and the types and content of the social media consumed....
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