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The following highlights the facts. More information can be obtained through the sites listed below as well as many other informational sites regarding mental health and social media. Make sure you have all the up-to-date information.
What you need to know about social media and your mental health
Social media has become a powerful tool in today’s world.
It helps us connect to others quickly—people we wouldn’t normally have an opportunity to.
Of course, there are many other benefits to social media as well including growing a business, advertising a product, finding needed information and resources, etc.
But unfortunately, it can have many negative effects as well on your mental health.
Potential Negative Effects of Social Media and Mental Health
- Isolation
- Online bullying
- Self-image
- Depression
- Learning skills to interact with others
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Online challenges involving medicines
- Peer pressure
- Access to unapproved drugs
- Inappropriate material
- False information
- Can contribute to suicidal and negative thoughts
- Make substance abuse seem normal
- Advertising about tobacco, cannabis and drinking use
- Exposure to unapproved and harmful treatment
- Glorifying harmful behaviors
Tips to Protecting Your Mental Health and Health While Using Social Media
- Limit social media time
- Question the resources you may find
- Recognize not everything on social media the truth
- Be aware of counterfeit medication
- Report any bullying to an adult or someone you trust
- Get out a social
- Engage in outside activities
Make social media a positive for your mental health
- Use the social media tools that are beneficial to your mental health
- Learn the facts about a treatment plan
- Connect with legitimate resources
- Social media can help those in need connect to valuable mental health resouces if used appropriately
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Sources used:
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Social Media and Mental Health, accessed September 27, 2024.
- National Institutes of Health, Healthy Social Media Habits, accessed September 27, 2024.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), A Recipe for Danger: Social Media Challenges Involving Medicines, accessed September 27, 2024.
Note: All information in “Nikki’s Story” are based on detail journals covering seven years of Nikki’s life on prescription drugs.
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