Social Media Use and Mental Health in Youth

Scholars, specialists, and medical practitioners have engaged in many debates over the last 10 years about social media use among children and young adults. Although they often use research or their own experiences with patients to ground their views, their ideas vary about whether social media has had positive or negative effects on young people. In this article, you’ll find information on both the benefits and perils of social media as it relates to mental health and on options, some professionals have proposed for coexisting with what has become a mainstay in contemporary life.