Social media and young people’s mental health and wellbeing

Social media and young people’s mental health and wellbeing A new report, #StatusOfMind, examines the positive and negative effects of social media on young people’s health.

The report includes a league table of social media platforms according to their impact on young people’s mental health. YouTube tops the table as the most positive with Instagram and Snapchat coming out as the most detrimental to young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Royal Society for Public Health and Youth Health Movement

See also:

• Don’t listen to the moral panic, social media is good for young people’s mental health The Independent