A new study shows that cutting social media use for just one week can reduce mental health symptoms, like anxiety and depression, in young adults.

Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was ...

A new study suggests that stepping away from social media, even for just one week, may help ease anxiety, depression and ...

What if the secret to better mental health, lower stress, and greater creativity was hiding in your childhood TV line-up? If you’ve noticed adults flocking to amusement parks, throwing kids’ birthday ...

Rates of depression and anxiety have risen among teens over the last decade. Amid this ongoing mental health crisis, the American Psychological Association issued guidelines for parents to increase ...

When US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy pushed last week for a tobacco-style warning on social media, he called the mental health crisis in young people an emergency that demanded action without ...

Teenagers who have strong friendships tend to have better mental health, regardless of their social media use, a new study finds. Social media has become omnipresent in the lives of teens. A 2023 ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand teens’ experiences and attitudes around teen mental health and social media. Part of this study also examines parents’ perspectives. The Center ...

A number of states are moving to regulate social media use among children and teens. New York is the latest state with a new law that would allow parents to block their children from getting posts ...

Smartphones are creating an anxiety and depression-riddled generation of teens, according to social psychologist and New York University professor Jonathan Haidt, but there are steps parents can take ...

An overwhelming majority of Australians 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 ...