Study Shows Link Between Depression and Increased Social Media Use In Teens
A study conducted by researches at Montreal's Saint-Justine Hospital in Canada has found a correlation between depression and the time teenagers spend using social media.
"Our research reveals that increased time spent using some forms of digital media in a given year predicts depressive symptoms within that same year," Patricia Conrod, the research team's lead said, in a press release on Monday.
The research team kept track of 4000 teenagers between the ages of 12 and 16, monitoring ...