We have come a long way in a short time. These days trolls are lurking
everywhere. You don’t need to see a new
study which shows that teenagers who spend hours a day on social media are at
an increased risk of suffering from poor sleep and symptoms of depression. Recently, the British released a study of 14
year old girls who were found to have a 50% increase in depression when they
used social media at least five hours a day!
Among boys, the heaviest social media users showed a
one-third increase in depression and its related symptoms. The gender difference has been noted among
psychologists as “alarming”. The bottom
line here is this…teens that reported using social media most (especially
girls) almost universally have problems sleeping and suffer from some type of
depression.
New York area child psychologist Dr. Steven Sussman is NOT
trying to change the world…just help your kid(s) cope with the “social media
bombardment”. Growing up you could not
possibly have seen this coming. Dr.
Sussman has dealt with it for years.
Please call him for an appointment at his Staten Island or Mountainside
NJ office at (908) 217-8106.
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