SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Social Media Usage and Development of Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: A Review.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Time Spent on Social Media and Risk of Depression in Adolescents: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Digital Addiction Training on University Students' Digital Addiction, Sleep Quality, and Orexin-A Levels: Randomized Controlled Trial.BMC psychology · 2025Trial
- Five-week of solution-focused group counseling successfully reduces internet addiction among college students: A pilot study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2023Trial
- Mental health, personality, and cross-addictions as predictors of social media addiction: a machine learning longitudinal study.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- From social media to body image distress: Problematic internet use, exercise addiction, and enhancement drugs use across countries.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- From attentional bias to neural dysfunction: Multimodal evidence for emotion processing deficits in individuals with problematic social media use.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2026Article
- When social media hurts: a nine-month prospective study on self-blame as a mediator between problematic social media use and suicidal ideation in adolescents.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Navigating the Algorithm: A Narrative Review of Social Media's Impact on Mental Health in Clinical and Non-Clinical Adolescent Populations.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Problematic patterns of social media use increase with spontaneous cortical activity and transdiagnostic mental health symptoms in youth.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2026Article
- Deep brain reconditioning stimulation suppresses tinnitus in a rat model.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A functional approach to social media assessment: Initial psychometric evaluation of the Social Media Use Functional Assessment.Journal of applied behavior analysis · 2026Article
- Adolescents' perceptions on mental health: A qualitative study from Karnataka, India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Article
- The Stanford Brainstorm Social Media Safety Plan (SMS): Introducing a New Tool.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Profiling Teen Social Networking Sites Users: Developmental, Identity, and Psychological Issues.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Body Mass Index, Eating Disorders, Internet Addiction, and Social Media Addictions Among Adolescents in Bangladesh.Public health challenges · 2025Article
- Digital Phenotyping Measurement of Smartphone Social Behavior is Associated with Illness Progression Risk Scores in Young People at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2025Article
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- Problematic Social Media Use Interventions for Mental Health Outcomes in Adolescents.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Beyond problematic social media use and the brain: A public health and policy perspective.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Review
- The Impact of Social Media Disorder, Family Functioning, and Community Social Disorder on Adolescents' Psychological Distress: The Mediating Role of Intolerance to Uncertainty.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, are now part of almost everyone's social life, especially for the newer generations. Children and teenagers grew up together with these Internet-based services, which have become an integral part of their personal and social life. However, as reported in various studies, psychological and psychiatric problems are sometimes associated with problematic usage of social media. The primary purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the cognitive, psychological, and social outcomes correlated with a problematic use of social media sites during the developmental stages, from age 10 to 19 years. With a specific focus on depression, anxiety, eating, and neurodevelopmental disorders, the review also discusses evidence related to genetic and neurobiological issues, together with the implications in clinical work and future directions under a multidisciplinary perspective. While the scientific community has made significant progress in enhancing our understanding of the impact of social media on teenagers' lives, more research integrating biological and environmental factors is required to fully elucidate the development of these disorders.
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