Some studies about social media and mental health reveal that there's a correlation between networking websites and depression. Other research goes a step further, finding that social media may very well cause depression.
A landmark study — “No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression” — was published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology in 2018.
The study found that the less people used social media, the less depressed and lonely they felt.
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