New Studies Show that Social Media Has Become A Global Mental Health Problem for Younger Generations: A recently concluded study shows that social media is gradually becoming a facilitator of mental health problems across the globe. Women's Health Institute is now looking to help teens who struggle from social media addiction.

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 29, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As the next generation of young people grows up under the embrace of 24/7 social media feeds, one study has concluded that there is a link between the prevalence of social media and the increase of mental health issues on a global level.

The American Journal of Epistemology has recently released their study that draws a connection between the development of mental health in young people and their experiences on social media. This connection is most notably drawn through their interactions, or essentially the lack thereof. Generation Z, the group born between the mid 1990's and early 2000's, conducts the majority of their communication through social channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Musical.ly, and the most widely criticized for fostering negative self-esteem, Instagram. It's through these social channels that Gen Z communicates through likes, photos, videos, and other features built into the app, thus increasing their exposure to the images on these apps.

Many of these sites do not require parental consent to use the app. In fact, the legal age to search the web without the consent of a parent is 13,...