Surgeon general fears 'social media is an important driver' of youth mental health crisis

by CORY SMITH | The National Desk

Tue, May 23rd 2023, 7:51 PM UTC

FILE - A girl looks at her phone in a 2019 file photo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

FILE - In this July 27, 2015, photo, Isabella Cimato, 17, left, Giulia Pugliese, 15, second from left, Arianna Schaden, 14, second from right, and Sofia Harrison, 15, look at a picture they just took of themselves at a shopping mall in Garden City, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2018 photo, Matty Nev Luby holds up her phone in front of a ring light she uses to lip-sync with the smartphone app Musical.ly, in Wethersfield, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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FILE - A girl looks at her phone in a 2019 file photo. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)