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We Need To Talk About Teens, Social Media And Mental Health

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The Problem With Correlation Studies

Scientists have published many studies trying to answer the question: Does social media cause depression? Said says what people don't realize is that in these studies, scientists haven't been using or even had the right tools to answer that question. But correlation is not causation, as they say, just because X and Y happen doesn't mean that X caused Y.

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