According to the Pew Research Center, 95 percent of teens now report having a smartphone or access to one, and 45 percent of teens say they are online on a near-constant basis.
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Review of evidence finds excessive smartphone, social media use may be linked to youth mental health
"Physicians, teachers and families need to work together with youth to decrease possible harmful effects of smartphones and social media ... that 54% of teens think they spend too much time ...
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Teens noticing the negative effects of too much social media
A social media user since the 5th grade, a Carlsbad High School junior says she's starting to notice the harmful effects of social media.
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San Diego teens noticing the negative effects of too much social media
"Most of the time I spend on social media is too much time on social media!" said Cruz. However, she says compared to other teens ... she's starting to notice the harmful effects of social ...
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Magid: Research refutes link between tech use and mental health problems
But the suggestion that getting teens to put ... of mobile phones and social media and negative consequences, with the authors finding that “the focus “on negative effects has been based ...
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Column: It’s the initiatives, more than the candidates, that really matter on March 3
The candidate primaries will shape the November election in San Diego County ... but it might not take too much to defeat Measure C. The initiative requires a two-thirds majority for approval ...
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Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys
Rates of depression started to tick up just as smartphones became popular, so digital media could be playing a role. We’re in the middle of a teen mental health crisis — and girls are at its ...
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Family raises concerns about integrity of SDSU investigation into student’s death
San Diego State University freshman Dylan Hernandez ... not to pursue search warrants to review cellphone records and social media records of students, despite possessing chat messages between ...
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Methadone can help people beat opioid addiction — if they can afford it
Many methadone patients shared a similar story: They like their treatment and clinics, but the cost is too much ... a focus on social and political issues, based in San Diego, California.
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New Hope for Depression
In the 5th century B.C., Hippocrates believed the body was made up of four humors and that too much "black bile," the ... Barbara Reiger, who's 59 and lives in San Diego, says she tried nearly ...
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You Asked: Is Social Media Making Me Miserable?
The book is about how humans struggle with too much ... Social media overload may be even more detrimental for teens and adolescents, says Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego ...
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Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
But the twin rise of the smartphone and social media has ... the teen suicide rate was higher than the teen homicide rate. Depression and suicide have many causes; too much technology is clearly ...