Fostering and supporting mental health, focusing on empowerment, well-being and suicide prevention

How do social media and loss of sleep affect young people’s mental health?

We’ve all done it—scrolled through our phones immediately before bedtime to read the latest news, only to wake up at 3 a.m. feeling anxious about all the things we’ve read. Then, having trouble falling back to sleep, we grab our phones again and distract ourselves with social media.