Social Media and Youth Mental Health Q&A Portal

Our question-and-answer portal contains previously asked questions from parents and caregivers, educators, clinicians and adolescents on a variety of topics related to technology, screens, social media and youth wellbeing.

Local experts point to social media's negative impact on Toledo youth

Social Media Is Harming The Minds Of Our Youth, Right? Maybe Not. - California Healthline

The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health — My Good Brain

Social Media and Mental Health: An Adverse Relationship

Social Media Use and Adolescent Mental Health: Findings From the UK Millennium Cohort Study - eClinicalMedicine

Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health

Teen Social Media Statistics

Associations between youth's daily social media use and well-being are mediated by upward comparisons

Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health

Strengthening Youth Mental Health - National Governors Association

Poll of Teen Mental Health from Teens Themselves (2022)

8 Mental Health Infographic Templates (+Examples) - Venngage

Frontiers Social media use and body image issues among adolescents in a vulnerable Louisiana community

Q&A: Social Media's Impact on Teens Can Be Both Good and Bad University of Virginia - School of Education and Human Development