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The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety. (www.nature.com)

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[–] antidote101@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Teenagers were always mentally ill, we just make more efforts to report such nowadays.

The education system is not a place of mental wellness, and the transition to adulthood is innately disturbing.

[–] red_pigeon@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure if you are talking about your country or generalising all over the world. What you said is not true where I'm from, if the latter.

[–] isles@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

We're (American's specifically, but I see echoes in westernized European countries) propagandized into thinking angst is the natural state of teenagers rather than the natural state of teenagers within this specific system. I think teens can just more clearly see the brutal society they're about to be forced into and don't have the cognitive dissonance of benefiting from that brutal society yet.