Ep. 15: Social Media and Youth Mental Health

Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast - A podcast by Nemours Children's Health - Mondays

According to the Pew Research Center, up to 95% of youth ages 13-17 report using a social media platform, with more than one-third (35%) indicating they use social media “almost constantly.”U. S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy — who has already raised the alarm on the youth mental health crisis in the U.S. — released an evidence-based advisory in May 2023. In it, he cited the dangers of social media and how content on these platforms, as well as the algorithms they use, target children and ...