Top line YouTube announced Thursday that it was limiting the frequency with which videos related to topics such as body weight and social aggression were recommended to teenage users in the United States, amid a growing number of lawsuits against social media platforms, including the Google-owned platform, alleging that they contribute to adolescent behavior. mental …
Young adults in the United States suffer from anxiety and depression at twice the rate of adolescents, and more than half say their lives lack meaning or purpose, according to a new report from Harvard University. The report, titled “On Edge: Understanding and Preventing Mental Health Problems in Young Adults,” was released Tuesday by the …
Dozens of U.S. states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming youth mental health and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly designing features on Instagram and Facebook that make children addicted to its platforms. The lawsuit filed in federal court in California also claims that Meta routinely …
Rates of depression and anxiety, high even before COVID-19, have increased in recent years thanks to the pandemic. The World Health Organization estimates that these diseases affect a quarter of the world’s population and cost the global economy $1 trillion per year. Treatment includes talk therapy, but much can be done within the confines of …
If you don’t have time for a relaxing walk in the woods, try a nature video instead. A new study found that watching even a brief video of nature scenes significantly improved viewers’ mental health, especially compared to the effect of watching scenes of urban environments. The researchers focused on late adolescence, a period of …
A new Gallup survey found that more than half of teenagers in the United States spend an average of 4.8 hours on social media every day. Responses came from 1,591 people ages 13 to 19, and the survey results show that as teens get older, they stay on social media even longer. Nobody really watches …