Lots of Time on Social Media Linked to Anxiety, Depression in Teens (consumer.healthday.com)
Teens who spend more time with social media are more likely to suffer from social withdrawal, anxiety or depression, a new study says. Twelve- to 15-year-olds who spent more than six hours a day on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media were nearly three times more likely to have these types of "internalizing" mental health issues, researchers report in the journal JAMA Psychiatry . The study was published online Sept. 11. These teens also were more than four times as likely to...