Spending time offline during a digital or social media detox can help you foster better relationships IRL and improve mental ...

Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences, joins ABC News to discuss social media ...

According to a 2025 study by researchers at Cornell University and Columbia University, 40% of participating children showed ...

Social media influences mental health positively and negatively. Learn how to navigate its impact on well-being and find ...

Teens with diagnosed mental health conditions spend roughly 50 minutes more on social media each day. Those with ...

A new KFF poll found that 55% of adults use social media to find health information, with most of this group comprising young ...

But social media may also cause people to compare themselves to others, which can be dangerous because content is often ...

Most everyone uses smartphones and social media. But certain use trajectories are worse than others in terms of mental health.

"Social media can certainly harm one’s mental health," Zach Rausch, an associate research scientist at NYU Stern School of Business and lead researcher in The Anxious Generation tells Yahoo.

Social media’s effects on the mental health of young people are not well understood. That hasn’t stopped Congress, state legislatures, and the U.S. surgeon general from moving ahead with age ...

Social media use was one of many topics covered by experts and jockeys at the recent International Jockey Concussion, Safety, and Wellness Conference in Lexington, Ky.