“A Dangerous Substance”: The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health
Mad in America
FEBRUARY 17, 2024
Since age 10 or 11, when she first started dancing with a youth ballet company, she would pull up Instagram and fixate on other dancers—looking at their bodies, comparing them with hers. Every other day, it seems, some new article appears on declines in child and adolescent wellbeing and spikes in suicide attempts and self-harm.
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