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- The teen mental illness epidemic began around 2012 https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/the-teen-mental-illness-epidemic 529 comments
- The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jun/23/epidemic-mental-illness-why/ 40 comments
- The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/jun/23/epidemic-mental-illness-why/?pagination=false 7 comments
- Yes, social media is a cause of the epidemic of teenage mental illness https://www.afterbabel.com/p/phone-based-childhood-cause-epidemic 1164 comments
- Is social media behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00902-2 100 comments
- The teen mental illness epidemic is international (2023) https://www.afterbabel.com/p/international-mental-illness-part-one 875 comments
- Academic Pressure Cannot Explain the Mental Illness Epidemic https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/academic-pressure-social-media 2 comments
- The teen mental illness epidemic is international – Part 1: The Anglosphere https://jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/international-mental-illness-part-one 478 comments
- Mental illness: is there a global epidemic? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/03/mental-illness-is-there-really-a-global-epidemic 55 comments
- Emergency Doctor to Trump: You Are Wrong, Mental Illness Is Not to Blame for Gun Violence Epidemic https://www.democracynow.org/2019/8/8/mental_illness_gun_violence_suicide_risk?fbclid=iwar32p0g93vjhyc17agii-dh9lw0erjk6ua3k8a3a8nmsfxdgq0f_eyfynaa 3 comments politics
- Emergency Doctor to Trump: You Are Wrong, Mental Illness Is Not to Blame for Gun Violence Epidemic https://www.democracynow.org/2019/8/8/mental_illness_gun_violence_suicide_risk 193 comments politics
- The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00902-2 146 comments futurology
- "Iraq has between 25 and 50 percent unemployment, a dysfunctional parliament, rampant disease, an epidemic of mental illness, and sprawling slums. The killing of innocent people has become part of daily life. What a havoc the United States has wreaked in Iraq." http://www.fpif.org/articles/what_you_will_not_hear_about_iraq 3 comments politics