mental illness

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Haidt argued in his bestselling 2024 book "The Anxious Generation" that too much time looking at screens -- particularly social media -- was rewiring children's brains and "causing an epidemic of mental illness".

From Barron's

Officers later informed a supervisor that they found “no indication of mental illness,” according to department records.

From Los Angeles Times

“And if we conclude that these technologies are creating more isolation, more loneliness, more mental illness, you know what? We have got to figure out a way to stop it,” he said.

From Barron's

One individual with severe mental illness who was receiving services, according to state records, had been found dead in his apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal

The UN agency defines traditional medicines as the accumulated knowledge, skills and practices used over time to maintain health and prevent, diagnose and treat physical and mental illness.

From Barron's