>Results showed that most reviews interpreted the associations between social media use and mental health as ‘weak’ or ‘inconsistent,’ whereas a few qualified the same associations as ‘substantial’ and ‘deleterious.’<p>This mental health crisis started in the late 1990s and therefore blaming social media is a bad conclusion at best. If anything, social media is helping. We used to blame the 'internet' and 'violent video games' in the early 2000s.<p>I consider what's the actual problem? Fundamentally it's lack of in person social interaction.<p>In the 1970s for example, people went in person to the park, arcades, sporting field, or mall to hang out.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallrats" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallrats</a><p>But government came in and banned these things. Loitering and other laws were created to prevent in person social interaction. You go to a park and they have signs at every entrance banning every activity that you want to do.<p>So kids stayed home and played with their gaming consoles.<p>Humans are social beings though. You must have in person social interaction.<p>You can go further. Adults get their social interaction the 1970s from bars and smoke breaks. But government came in and reduced social interaction greatly there as well.