Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health
University Health Network · Toronto Western Hospital · +5 more institutions
Abstract
KEY POINTS In the last decade, increasing mental distress and treatment for mental health conditions among youth in North America has paralleled a steep rise in the use of smartphones and social media by children and adolescents. In Ontario, the proportion of teenagers reporting moderate to serious
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 112.20
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 59
Authors
3- EAElia Abi‐JaoudeCorresponding
University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, SickKids Foundation, University College London, University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children
- KTKarline Treurnicht Naylor
University of Toronto, University College London, Hospital for Sick Children, SickKids Foundation, University Health Network, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital
- APAntonio Pignatiello
Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, SickKids Foundation, University of Toronto, University College London, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Hospital for Sick Children
Topics & keywords
- Mental health
- Social media
- Distress
- Media use
- Key (lock)
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Medicine