Internet and Depression Connection
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A new study should give parents even more reason to limit their teenager’s internet use.
The study in the journal Pediatrics found teenagers who have an unhealthy dependence on the internet, were more likely to become depressed.
In the study most kids were not considered dependent on the internet, but those who were, were one and half times more likely to be diagnosed with clinical depression.
Every year an estimated 2 million teens and pre-teens develop clinical depression