Most parents assume social media causes teen depression, but the research may tell a different story. The factors affecting kids' mental health might not be what you'd expect.

Online advocates and support groups are doing amazing work to normalize mental health conversations and provide encouragement. I always recommend setting healthy boundaries with social media.

During that same time frame, reported depression symptoms jumped 35 percent. “Social media does seem to be a risk factor for future depression, or worsening depressive symptoms,” Nagata says.

Here’s What the U.S. Has Argued. The government showed hundreds of internal documents as it sought to prove that the social media company bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a threat.

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have found a link between use of social media by pre-teens and future depression. The study, published this week in the American Medical ...