Social media use and emerging mental health issues
| Autor: | Antonio Ventriglio, Fabiana Ricci, Julio Torales, João Mauricio Castaldelli-Maia, Abdulbari Bener, Alexander Smith, Michael Liebrenz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Industrial Psychiatry Journal, Vol 33, Iss Suppl 1, Pp S261-S264 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0972-6748 0976-2795 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/ipj.ipj_45_24 |
| Popis: | Since its inception, social media has brought about numerous benefits, including higher levels of social connectedness, potential positive interactions, and greater access to information. Nonetheless, the excessive use of social media can lead to negative health outcomes, such as social anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, reduced sleep quality, and higher perceived stress. It has been argued that boredom and loneliness may be mediating factors between social media misuse and negative mental health effects, above all among youth and adolescents. Likewise, exposure to graphic imagery or misinformation on social media may also have deleterious implications for mental health. Taken together, this suggests a need for targeted studies on the relationship between social media and mental health, as well as the development of educational interventions for adolescents to share knowledge about the safe use of such tools. Mental health professionals should be adequately trained in identifying risk factors and treating the negative health outcomes that may result from social media. Specific strategies and guidelines should be adopted by social media companies aligned with international evidence from health agencies and experts in e-mental health. |
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