Citation

Dagar A, Falcone T. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Cleveland Clinic, OH.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1016/j.jaac.2019.10.012

PMID

31678555

Abstract

The ubiquity of social media in a teenager’s daily life is no secret as 97% of teens use at least one major online platform and 45% stay online ‘almost constantly’. The largest source of video-based digital content, YouTube (www.youtube.com), is the most commonly used social media platform by teenagers. While we are still trying to understand the benefits and risks of extensive media use, some research has suggested that YouTube may promote the normalization of non-suicidal self-injury among youth and it may facilitate the rapid spread of harmful trends like the ‘tide pod challenge’ among teenagers ...

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