social anxiety disorder, also referred to as social phobia, is an intense, out-of-proportion fear of being scrutinised by others in a social situation. For teens with this condition, it can feel ...

America’s children and teens love social media. But concern is growing that using it is causing more harm than good, and ...

A local clinical psychologist is getting a big boost in federal funding to investigate social media's role in the youth ...

As social media platforms evolve into primary sources of information, many teens are turning to TikTok for mental health ...

Prolonged exposure to social media can negatively impact mental health, especially among teenagers, and result in anxiety, ...

Two PhD researchers from UCT’s CPMH have successfully tested school-based interventions to tackle anxiety and depression ...

A friend recently called me in tears: Her son, a freshman in college, was having panic attacks. “It’s all my fault!” she ...

A design-based approach to harm reduction can hold every social media app — regardless of ownership — responsible for the ...

This kind of productivity anxiety is probably ... been blamed on smartphones and social media, but the Common Sense report paints a more complicated picture: Teens exist within a culture obsessed ...

Constant scrolling and feeling that their lives have been exposed to the world can make kids especially vulnerable to ...

While many of us spend significant time on social media and look at it as a medium to relieve stress and get connected with ...