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You can stop the avalanche of teen suicides due to social media
ISSUE 22.09 • 2025-03-03 PUBLIC DEFENDER
By Brian Livingston
The world is suffering from an explosion of teenage suicides and self-harm that are directly caused by the depression and suicidal impulses that young people develop through social-media use, according to medical experts.
I called attention to these ghastly statistics in my July 8, 2024, column. Suicide rates among children as young at 10 have doubled or tripled since smartphones became glued to teenagers’ hands and social media such as Instagram became kids’ primary method of relating to the world.
Finally, a respected psychologist — a professor of leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business — has published a blueprint to end the bloodshed and bring children back into a healthy relationship with their electronic devices and each other.
Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.09.0, 2025-03-03).
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