31 July 2023

Social Media Isn't Driving Rising U.S. Suicide Rates

[R]eported suicide rates are not rising everywhere - they are falling in many countries, but rising in the US. And no, there is no big rise in teenage suicide rates in the US, the increase is concentrated in people over 19. This makes global social media an unlikely cause.

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1 comment:

Dave Barnes said...

https://www.petergray.org/_files/ugd/b4b4f9_f2cb98d004af4ebf9644c8daa30b040e.pdf

Decline in Independent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Children’s Mental Well-being: Summary of the Evidence