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.

Pinho notes, “Given the growing concerns about the impact of social media on mental health, it is crucial to further ...

Social media is neither wholly good nor entirely bad—it’s a tool, and like any tool, its impact depends on how we use it. By being aware of its potential effects on mental health and making ...

Teenagers spend nearly five hours a day, on average, on social media. And there's growing consensus that it's a big problem for their mental health. Health care professionals are focusing on the ...

Our latest survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 and their parents finds that parents are generally more worried than their children about the mental health of teenagers today. And while both groups call ...

One in five U.S. teens say social media has negatively impacted their mental health and nearly half say it has a mostly negative impact on kids their age. A Pew Research Center report published ...

Ever since social media burst on the scene in the early 2000s, parents and health experts have worried about the potential impact on kids, particularly those in their early teens. Now researchers are ...

Amid growing concerns about the impact of social media on young minds, 1 in 5 teens say it has negatively affected their mental health, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

Social media has been fully integrated into the lives of most adolescents in the U.S., raising concerns among parents, physicians, public health officials, and others about its effect on mental and ...

Today I'm interviewing Mikki Smith to discuss the topics that affect all of us, the impact of social media on our mental health. Social media connects us, entertain us and even inform us.

A new study has challenged the perception heavy social media use has a significant impact on mental health, finding little to no relationship between the two. In fact, not only does the research ...

Among teens who said they are at least somewhat concerned about their peers’ mental health, 22 percent identified social media as the factor with the most negative impact. But the survey also ...