Surgeon General Warns About Social Media's Mental Health Impact on Teens

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, long a proponent of mental health awareness, has issued a warning that social media use is a main contributor to depression, anxiety and other problems in the nation's teenagers. The report calls attention to growing concerns about the effects of social media use on children and adolescent's mental health and urges policymakers and the companies that make the social media platforms to share with parents the burden of managing children's and adolescents’ social media use.