General Article Cutting social media ‘reduces anxiety, depression and loneliness’

Topic Selected: Loneliness Book Volume: 462

By Deborah Johnson

Reducing social media use can reduce anxiety, depression and loneliness, a new study has revealed. 

With mental health being a huge and growing issue within healthcare, particularly among the younger population, interventions which could help to support this are increasingly being sought. 

And in a new study, limiting social media use to 30 minutes a day was found to have significant psychological benefits. 

Iowa State University researchers carried out a two-week study wit...

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