A systematic review: the influence of social media on depression, anxiety and psychological distress in adolescents

B Keles, N McCrae, A Grealish - International journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
While becoming inextricable to our daily lives, online social media are blamed for increasing
mental health problems in younger people. This systematic review synthesized evidence on …

Prevalence of problematic smartphone usage and associated mental health outcomes amongst children and young people: a systematic review, meta-analysis and …

SY Sohn, P Rees, B Wildridge, NJ Kalk, B Carter - BMC psychiatry, 2019 - Springer
Background Over the past decade, smartphone use has become widespread amongst
today's children and young people (CYP) which parallels increases in poor mental health in …

Prevalence of non-suicidal self-harm and service contact in England, 2000–14: repeated cross-sectional surveys of the general population

S McManus, D Gunnell, C Cooper… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background The number of people presenting to hospital emergency departments after self-
harming has increased in England. However, most people who self-harm do not present to …

Not all screen time is created equal: associations with mental health vary by activity and gender

JM Twenge, E Farley - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Previous research on associations between screen media use and mental health
produced mixed findings, possibly because studies have not examined screen activities …

[HTML][HTML] Specification curve analysis shows that social media use is linked to poor mental health, especially among girls

JM Twenge, J Haidt, J Lozano, KM Cummins - Acta psychologica, 2022 - Elsevier
An important 2019 paper applied a novel analytic technique called Specification Curve
Analysis (SCA) to data from three large-scale community samples to investigate the …

Interventions for self‐harm in children and adolescents

KG Witt, SE Hetrick, G Rajaram… - Cochrane database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Self‐harm (SH; intentional self‐poisoning or self‐injury regardless of degree of
suicidal intent or other types of motivation) is a growing problem in most countries, often …

Pandemic-related emergency psychiatric presentations for self-harm of children and adolescents in 10 countries (PREP-kids): a retrospective international cohort …

D Ougrin, BH Wong, M Vaezinejad, PL Plener… - European child & …, 2021 - Springer
To examine the differences in hospital emergency psychiatric presentations for self-harm of
children and adolescents during the covid-19 lockdown in March and April 2020 compared …

Supporting mental health and wellbeing of university and college students: A systematic review of review-level evidence of interventions

JD Worsley, A Pennington, R Corcoran - PLoS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Aims The review of reviews had three aims:(i) to synthesize the available evidence on
interventions to improve college and university students' mental health and wellbeing;(ii) to …

What works in youth suicide prevention? A systematic review and meta-analysis

J Robinson, E Bailey, K Witt, N Stefanac, A Milner… - …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Young people require specific attention when it comes to suicide prevention,
however efforts need to be based on robust evidence. Methods We conducted a systematic …

Is social media screen time really associated with poor adolescent mental health? A time use diary study

A Barthorpe, L Winstone, B Mars, P Moran - Journal of affective disorders, 2020 - Elsevier
Background There is increasing concern regarding the potential impact of social media use
on the mental health of young people. Previous research has relied heavily on retrospective …