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I am really doubtful. Everyone forgets that suicide and mental health issues are up the most for boomers, and they use social media the least as a cohort (yes,
by cm2012 4y ago
I am really doubtful. Everyone forgets that suicide and mental health issues are up the most for boomers, and they use social media the least as a cohort (yes, they use it less, even with FB boomer memes).
I'm at -3 right now but look at the data yourself: https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/ https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/, scroll down to suicide rates by age range.
And yes I think suicide deaths is the best measure of mental illness since it has the most life impact and is the least prone to measurement/diagnosis error and changes,
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoIt's up for all age groups since 2010. So it's not super convincing that social media is directly at fault. There seem to be some cyclical trends, and 1990-2010 was kind of a low period compared to the period before or after.