Riehm, Kira E. “Associations Between Time Spent Using Social Media and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among US Youth”. Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg    School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD,14 June, 2019.

           In this research article, epidemiologist with expertise in quantitative science, mental health, and substance use. Who studied in McGill University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Columbia University and currently works as the Clinical Research Lead at Eleanor Health discusses if time spent using social media is associated with mental health problems among adolescents. Even after controlling for the history of mental health issues in this cohort study of 6595 US adolescents, more time spent on social media per day was prospectively linked to higher odds of reporting high levels of internalizing and comorbid internalizing and externalizing difficulties. In the text it states, “ Adolescents who spend more than 3 hours per day using social media may be at heightened risk for mental health problems, particularly internalizing problems. “ This proves that social media has a risk of causing mental health problems in teenagers. In the text it also states,” concerns are increasingly raised about potential harms of social media use.One-quarter of adolescents think social media has a mostly negative influence on people their age, pointing to reasons like rumor spreading, lack of in-person contact, unrealistic views of others’ lives, peer pressure, and mental health issues.” Kira believes that social media has a negative effect on adolescents which include rumor spreading, lack of in-person contact, unrealistic views of others’ lives, peer pressure, and mental health issues.