The Intersection of Social Media and Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities for Clinical Psychologists

Abstract

This article is going to explore the complexity of the interrelation between social media involvement and mental health among the adolescents, emphasizing on the problems and benefits for clinical psychologists. Social media has grown into such a significant part of the youth culture, that the understanding of the intricate interplay between online activities and psychological health needs to be well understood. This study proposes a mixed-methods approach, which includes both the quantification of adolescents’ social media usage and the qualitative exploration of their subjective experiences of navigating evolving social media landscapes. The synthesis of these results will propose tailored interventions and clinical psychologists’ guidelines which are going to help them tackle the mental health implications of social media usage among the adolescents. Through this research, the current popular practice of social media and its impact on teenage mental health will be examined. What our research is all about is that will help a health care worker and an individual in understanding how to cope with the digital world in a good manner.