A survey of U.S. teens from Western University in Ontario, Canada, linked "clinically elevated anxiety levels" to excessive screen time.

Studies show teens spending over 3 hours daily on social platforms experience 27% higher anxiety rates, yet moderate use ...

Using a novel lab method they developed, McGill University researchers have identified nine molecules in the blood that were elevated in teens diagnosed with depression.

“Social media is destroying our social fabric ... They point to increases in depression and anxiety, insomnia, shortened attention spans, and phone addiction. On the other side, David ...

Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.

A new study published in Computers in Human Behavior finds that adolescents who spend more than two hours per day on screens, especially on weekdays, are more likely to report clinically elevated ...

Re “I’m a teen who sees how social media makes many obsess over appearances. This must stop” (March 28): Writer Saige Glazier provides powerful information in her take on how social media ...

Adolescents with mental health conditions report spending more time on social media than those without mental health conditions.

he says. For Ambrosia Larijani, she is a mother of a teen boy and a preteen girl, and she says while she understands the concerns, she sees social media as a tool and not a threat. “I think ...