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Schoolwide phone bans show no mental health benefit, study finds

Original: Study: Schoolwide phone bans show no significant impact on mental health

A study published in JAMA Network Open reports that schoolwide bans on mobile phones have no significant impact on students' mental health. The finding challenges a policy adopted by many schools hoping bans would improve pupil wellbeing. Readers are debating whether the results undermine calls for phone restrictions or whether effects may emerge outside the school environment.

Why now: Schools and parents are actively debating phone bans, and new evidence questioning their benefits is highly relevant to that discussion

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