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Social Media & Mental Health
Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, discovered that "... students who spend more time using smartphones and other electronic devices are less satisfied with their lives than students who frequently engage in face to face interaction" Twenge found that teens who spent five or more hours a day online were 71% more likely to face depression, thoughts and/or attempts of suicide. John Richter, who is the director of Public Policy at the Mental Health Association, states that “Researchers are finding that when someone develops depression and withdraws from peers, they see other people on social media smiling and at parties with friends. It magnifies their sense of isolation..”. In 2018, New York and Virginia became the first states to require mental health education as part of the public school curriculum.