Social media is a cause, not a correlate, of mental illness in teen girls

Journalists should stop saying that the evidence is just correlational

Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s the Evidence. Journalists should stop saying that the evidence is just correlational Jon Haidt Feb 22, 2023 1,220 303 47 Share A big story last week was the partial release of the CDC’s bi-annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey , which showed that most teen girls (57%) now say that they experience persistent sadness or hopelessness (up from 36% in 2011), and 30% of teen girls now say that they have seriously considered suicide (up from 19% in 2011). Boys are doing badly too, but their rates of depression and anxiety

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