The rates of suicide, anxiety and depression among young people have been on the rise since the 80s. Seattle Public Schools thinks social media is to blame… at least, in part.
They and Kent school district are suing major tech companies over the role they may play in worsening mental health of youth who use their services.
Today we're asking: What does science tell us about the connection between mental health ans cthe science behind social media and mental health… and we couldn’t have found a better person to ask than Lucia (loo-SEE-ah) Magis (MAY-jis) Wineberg (WINE-berg).
She’s an Assistant Professor of psychology at the University of Washington
AND she leads the International Adolescent Connection and Technology lab