Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
“Very frequent use of social media may compromise teenage girls’ mental health by increasing exposure to bullying and reducing sleep and physical exercise, according to an observational study of almost 10,000 adolescents aged 13-16 years studied over three years in England between 2013-2015, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. The impact on boys’ mental health appears to mainly be due to other mechanisms, not revealed by this study.” (more)