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Did smartphones and social media cause the rise in teen depression and anxiety?

Population-level increases in adolescent depression and anxiety since ~2012 were caused substantially by smartphone and social-media adoption, rather than merely correlated with it.

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Population-level increases in adolescent depression and anxiety since ~2012 were caused substantially by smartphone and social-media adoption, rather than merely correlated with it. Evidence-based policy question; nonpartisan. Popular and high-engagement.

  1. The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? (Nature, 2024) (opens in a new tab)DOI
  2. The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use (Nature Human Behaviour, 2019) (opens in a new tab)DOI

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