• Zoya Fatima
• Aashmi Jaiswal
• Shambhavi Shukla

Teenagers increasingly find it hard to imagine their existence without social media. Practitioners must be able to determine risk, and social media might be a new factor to account for. Though there is scant empirical evidence for the assertion, teenage and professional opinion strongly informs the view that there is an association between social media and mental health. Privacy issues, cyber bullying, and negative impacts on education and mental health are all risks of this population's use of social media. Ethical use of social media, however, can increase opportunities for connection and dialogue, improve self-esteem, enhance health, and access to important medical information. In the face of growing evidence of the negative impact of social media on teenage mental health, there remains a lack of empirical studies of how teenagers understand social media, or more specifically as a corpus of wisdom, or how they could use broader contemporary media discourses to make themselves heard. Youths consume cell phones and other types of media in great numbers, leading to habitual sleep deprivation, which negatively impacts cognitive functioning, academic performance, and socio-emotional adjustment. Based on data from a range of cross-sectional, longitudinal, and empirical studies, Smartphone and social media usage among adolescents correlate with a rise in mental distress, self-harm behaviors, and sociality. Clinicians can assist teenagers and their families in minimizing the risks of social media and phone use by employing open, nonjudgmental, and developmentally sensitive strategies, such as education and everyday problem-solving. Social media can negatively impact our overall wellbeing by fueling anxiety, depression, loneliness and FOMO (fear or missing out). These issues are especially prevalent in teens and young adults.

Social media, Privacy, Cyber bullying, Evidence, Anxiety, Depression, FOMO.

"Impact of Social Media on Mental Health ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no.c639-c647, May-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505286.pdf

"Impact of Social Media on Mental Health ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 5, page no. ppc639-c647, May-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2505286.pdf