Increased incidence of mental illness, aggressions, hallucinations, among adolescents are linked to mobile phone use in a new study. The study is based on more than 10,000 young people aged 13-17 from the United States and India:
Rise in Aggression, Hallucinations Among Teens Tied to Cellphone Use
‘The trend is particularly pronounced in girls, 65% of whom are distressed or struggling in a manner that substantially impairs their ability to function effectively in the world and rises to the level of clinical concern, according to the authors of a study published this month.,
“Just a few decades ago, the relationship between psychological wellbeing and age followed a U-shaped curve. Younger and older generations had the highest wellbeing with a dip in middle age.
“Recent data from the Global Mind Project and others shows that this curve has now collapsed, with mind health and wellbeing now poorer with each successively younger generation.”