Mental Health Awareness Month: Overcoming Social Media Addiction

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Scroll, post, react, and be part of a community: Ostensibly, those are the reasons people join social media and remain active digital citizens. But for some, cat memes, dance fad videos, and rosy-filtered photos lose their glimmer and are fueling a growing problem known as social media addiction, which is torpedoing mental health, physical well-being, and academic or work performance for millions. To mark Mental Health Awareness Month in May, this Spotlight article explores this problem and offers resources for treating it.

​Scroll, post, react, and be part of a community: Ostensibly, those are the reasons people join social media and remain active digital citizens. But for some, cat memes, dance fad videos, and rosy-filtered photos lose their glimmer and are fueling a growing problem known as social media addiction, which is torpedoing mental health, physical well-being, and academic or work performance for millions. To mark Mental Health Awareness Month in May, this Spotlight article explores this problem and offers resources for treating it. Read More