Social Media Use in Adolescents with and without Mental Health Conditions

Social media use in adolescents with and without mental health conditions

Concerns about the relationship between social media use and adolescent mental health are growing, yet few studies focus on adolescents with clinical-level mental health symptoms. This limits our understanding of how social media use varies across mental health profiles. In this Registered Report, we analyse nationally representative UK data (N = 3,340, aged 11–19 years) including diagnostic assessments by clinical raters alongside quantitative …

UK Government Proposes Social Media Time Limits for Children to Safeguard Mental Health

The UK government is currently deliberating on introducing new regulations that would impose daily time limits on children’s social media usage. This initiative is part of a broader strategy to safeguard young individuals from the potential negative effects of prolonged online exposure, including access to harmful or inappropriate content. The proposed measures reflect growing concerns over the impact of social media on children’s mental health …

UK children have seen a dramatic decline in play say experts

According to a panel of experts, children in the UK are ‘sedentary, scrolling and alone.’ The Raising the Nation Play Commission report is calling for a new strategy involving £125 million in funding. A crisis could be looming for children in the UK, at least according to a panel of experts. Researchers spent over a … Continued