The Anxiety Doctor: Social Media Is Causing A Mental Health COLLAPSE (& It's Only Getting WORSE!)

Podcast briefing

Social media has caused an unprecedented global mental health crisis among youth, with sharp increases in anxiety and depression since the early 2010s.

Jonathan Haidt discusses his book 'The Anxious Generation,' highlighting a dramatic and unique rise in mental health issues among children and teens since the widespread adoption of smartphones and social media around 2012-2013. Unlike previous generational concerns about new technology, this crisis is global, severe, and recognized by young people themselves, who often wish social media had never been invented.