Tackling Depression
5 Live Science Podcast
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The Role of the Digital World in Mental Health
There's no single cause of depression, rather there are multiple risk factors that converge or come together. Severe physical illness, substance misuse and stressful family appear in other social relationship experiences. Social media is seen as an opportunity for the adolescent brain to pursue what it's designed to pursue from an evolutionary standpoint. There does appear to be a link to poorer mental health-related outcomes.
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