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IhadtosaysomethingafterreadingTheAnxiousGeneration.Itisgoingtosellwell,becauseJonathanHaidtistellingascarystoryaboutchildren’sdevelopmentmanyparentsareledtobelieve.However,thebook’srepeatedsuggestionthatdigitaltechnologiesarerewiringourchildren’sbrainsandcausingtheepidemic(流行病)ofmentalillnessisunsupportedbyscience.Worse,therudeproposalthatsocialmediaaretoblamemightdistract(分心)usfromeffectivelyrespondingtotherealcausesofthecurrentmental-healthcrisisinyoungpeople.;ResearchershavesearchedfortheeffectssuggestedbyHaidt.Oureffortshaveproducedamixofno,smallandmixedassociations.Mostdataarecorrelative.Whenassociationsovertimearefound,theysuggestnotthatsocial-mediausepredictsorcausesdepression,butthatyoungpeoplewhoalreadyhavemental-healthproblemsusesuchplatformsmoreoftenorindifferentwaysfromtheirhealthypeers.

Wearenotalonehere.Severalanalysesandsystematicreviewscentralizeonthesamemessage.Ananalysisdonein72countriesshowsnoconsistentormeasurableassociationsbetweenwell-beingandsocial;mediaglobally.Moreover,studiesfromsomeauthoritiesfindnoevidenceofintensechangesassociatedwithdigital-technologyuse.?

Asapsychologiststudyingchildren’sandadolescents’mentalhealth,Iappreciateparents’frustration(沮丧)anddesireforsimpleanswers.Asaparentofadolescents,Iwouldalsoliketoidentifyasimplesourceforthepainthisgenerationisreporting.Thereare,however,nosimpleanswers.Thebeginninganddevelopmentofmentaldisordersaredrivenbyacomplexsetofgeneticandenvironmentalfactors.

Moreyoungpeoplearetalkingopenlyabouttheirmental-healthstrugglesthaneverbefore.Butinsufficientservicesareavailableto;addresstheirneeds.IntheUnitedStates,thereis,onaverage,oneschoolpsychologistforevery1，119students.Weha