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Social media detox research fails to settle youth mental health questions
Original: Social media detox research leaves youth mental health questions unresolved, review finds
A new review finds that research on social media detoxes does not resolve questions about the practice's effects on young people's mental health. Existing studies leave key questions unanswered about whether stepping away from social platforms genuinely improves wellbeing in youth. The findings complicate a popular assumption that periodic breaks from social media are a reliable fix for mental health concerns among adolescents.
Why now: Ongoing public concern about social media's impact on youth mental health keeps interest high in evidence on whether detoxes work
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- Social media detox research leaves youth mental health questions unresolved, review finds · Medical Xpress
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