Holly Bear, Emma Soneson, Galit Geulayov & Mina Fazel Nature Mental Health (2026) Adolescents increasingly inhabit digital environments where exposure to self-harm content may occur unintentionally or through active engagement, yet little is known about how different exposure pathways relate to psychosocial risk. Here we examine past-month exposure to online self-harm content, its frequency and pathways of exposure using 2025 OxWell Student Survey data from 32,102 students a

Aug. 2026 Is that the real cost? No. It is Meta’s bill so far in one American state—and the company is appealing. New Mexico imposed $375 million in civil penalties plus a $567 million five-year abatement fund, with $420 million for treatment. After a three-week trial, the court found that Facebook and Instagram had “caused and substantially contributed to” a public nuisance affecting minors’ mental health and safety. The injury had migrated into families, schools, hospitals

August 2026 A 2026 Danish qualitative study reconceptualizes adolescent ill-being as socially produced pathologies. It identifies four positions: hyper-significance, fantasised significance, apathy and invisibility (Lausten Kragh, Jacobsen, and Kjær 2026). Its force lies in overturning the usual clinical perspective: the “troubled adolescent” may be carrying a disorder of the social world. In hyper-significance, every examination, outfit, conversation and feeling becomes cons

March 2026 Kuan-Pin Su , Soanseng Hsuan-Cheng Chen , Jane Pei-Chen Chang Purpose of review: Rapid urbanization and the algorithmically mediated digital environment have been linked to a "digital pandemic" in youth mental health. As Generation Z transitions from play-based to phone-based childhoods, understanding how digital architecture interacts with urban stressors is critical. This review delineates the socio-neurobiological mechanisms underlying this crisis and proposes

Feb. 2026 Ying Dai & Na Ouyang The digitalization of modern society has introduced complex sociological challenges for children and adolescents by altering the structure of their daily lives and social interactions. These changes often result in increased sedentary behavior and disrupted routines, creating barriers to maintaining optimal mental health. This study explored the relationships between screen time and child and adolescent mental health problems, including anxie

Dec. 2025 Zihuan ZHOU Highly educated young employees in Chinese internet companies experience profound alienation, yet many refuse to identify as alienated because alienation is often seen as preferable to unemployment or failure. Instead, they perceive actively alienating themselves as a strategic means of securing a place in a highly uncertain world, aligning with corporate discipline and technological regimes in hopes of achieving future autonomy. This reflects a social i

Dec. 2025 Jiayi Zheng , Emma Berg , Michelle L Byrne , Divyangana Rakesh Abstract Introduction: Adolescence is a sensitive period typified by marked cognitive and neural development, during which modifiable lifestyle factors may be particularly relevant. However, longitudinal associations of modifiable lifestyle factors-including sleep, screen time, and extracurricular activities-with cognitive development over time remain to be investigated, leaving the directionality of

Dec. 2025 Elombe Calvert, MBBS ; Maddalena Cipriani, BS ; Bridget Dwyer, BS Victoria Lisowski, BS ; Jane Mikkelson, BA ; Kelly Chen, MS ; Matthew Flathers, BA ; Christine Hau, MS ; Winna Xia, MS ; Juan Castillo, MA ; Alex Dhima, BS ; Sean Ryan, MS ; John Torous, MD, MBI Key Points Question Is reducing social media use associated with behavior and mental health outcomes among young adults? Findings In this cohort study of 373 participants, problematic use of social media w

Nov. 2025 Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH Lauren Hale, Ph D A recent study reported important findings that advance understanding of the potential causal relationship between media use and suicidal ideation and behaviors in US youths. However, we believe that the assertion that total daily screen time is not associated with suicidal thoughts or behaviors is misleading. The categorical way that screen time was coded, with the highest level being “greater than 4 hours” and the

Nov. 2025 Abstract Background: Social media (SM) platforms have become increasingly prevalent in adolescents' lives, and concerns have arisen regarding their potential contribution to depression. This study examined whether excessive SM use contributes to rising adolescent depression rates and evaluated potential mitigation strategies. Methods and findings: We developed an individual-based microsimulation model of 18.6 million French adolescents born 1990-2012, tracking depre

Oct. 2025 Federica Angelini Gianluca Gini Introduction: Digital stress, resulting from expectations of online availability, can increase...

Oct. 2025 Eun Jung Choi, Ella Christiaans, Emma G. Duerden Highlights Vulnerable adolescents had much higher anxiety and...

Dec. 2023 KEYA DING, YINING SHEN, QIANMING LIU, HUI LI The escalating prevalence of studies investigating digital addiction (DA) and its...

Sept. 2025 Keith Robert HeadLMSW, Master ' s in Social Work (MSW), West Texas A & M University, USAMaster of Business Administration...

Sept. 2025 Jean Twenge, PhD, award-winning professor of psychology and author of the “lavishly informative” (The New York Times)...

Sept. 2025 Yun Han, Jiamin Qiu, Chengbin Shi, Shiqi Huang, Haokun Huang, Xinman Wang, Sui Zhu, Da-lin Lu, Peng Lu, Fangfang Zeng...

Aug. 2025 Huiwen Gu; Bing Shi; Huanying He; Sumei Yuan; Jijiao Cai; Xiaofang Chen; Zhongxiao Wan Background: In contemporary society, the...

Aug. 2025 Ana De Blas-Zapata Jose Manuel Sastre-Albiach Laura Baixauli-López Rocío López-Ruiz Julio Alvarez-Pitti It is widely...

Sept. 2025 This study examines the influence of visual aesthetics on Instagram in shaping social identity and user behavior, with a focus...

Aug. 26, 2025 A new type of relationship is emerging in teens' lives—one that feels like connection but is powered by code. Our new...