#ucsf #ucsfhealth #socialmedia #socialmediaaddiction #socialmediause #adolescenthealth #adolescentbraindevelopment #braindevelopment #brainhealth #screentime #screentimeforkids

May be of interest @socpedresearch.bsky.social @e2e-spr.bsky.social @childrenandscreens.bsky.social

✍️ Thanks to co-authors Kevin Bao, Stuart Murray, Pierre Nedelec, Racquel Richardson, Sahana Nayak, Elizabeth Li, Jennifer Wong, Eva Muller-Oehring, Aaron Scheffler, Fiona Baker, Andreas Rauschecker, Leo Sugrue

📉 Infographic by Kaitlyn Iglesias

🗣️ New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in NeuroImage!

🧠 Greater daily social media use was associated with lower cortical thickness in a wide array of cortical regions, including the prefrontal cortices, and temporal, occipital, and parietal lobes

🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/abcdbrain

#socialmedia #adolescenthealth #adolescence #cognition #cognitiveperformance #screentime #digitalhealth #pediatrics #digitalwellness #childdevelopment #publichealth #pediatrichealth #childhealth

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@socpedresearch.bsky.social @childrenandscreens.bsky.social @e2e-spr.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsfpsych.bsky.social

✍️ Thanks to co-authors @Jennifer Wong, Kristen Kim, Sahana Nayak, Elizabeth Li, Racquel Richardson, Andreas Rauschecker, Leo Sugrue, Kyle Ganson, Timothy Piatkowski, Jinbo He, Alexander Testa

📉 Infographic by Kaitlyn Iglesias

🗣️ New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in @lancetrh-americ.bsky.social!

📱🧠 Increasing social media use among early adolescents associated with lower cognitive performance 2 years later

🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/socmedmem

What anabolic–androgenic steroids reveal about the limits of current harm reduction models Background Harm reduction has largely been shaped by responses to psychoactive drug use where the most urgent harms are acute. These models focus on overdose, blood-borne viruses, and rapid-onset to...

New in @addictionjournal.bsky.social w @jasonmnagata.bsky.social & @drsuzinielsen.bsky.social

Our new paper argues it’s time to rethink policy and health responses for ppl who use steroids.

@uqchsr.bsky.social @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social @monashaddiction.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1111/add....

May be of interest @socpedresearch.bsky.social @e2e-spr.bsky.social @childrenandscreens.bsky.social

#ucsf #ucsfhealth #adolescenthealth #pediatrics #publichealth #screentime #physicalactivity #dailysteps #cardiovascularhealth #CVD

✍️ Thanks to co-authors Nathan Nguyen, Isaac Frimpong, Alexander Heuer, Christiane Helmer, Abubakr Al-Shoaibi, Kyle Ganson, Alexander Testa, Erin Dooley, Thomas Le, Kelley Gabriel, Fiona Baker, Holly Gooding

📉 Infographic by Hasan Alsamman

📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in BMC Public Health!

📱Higher recreational screen time and lower daily step count associated with higher cardiovascular disease risk in early adolescence

🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/n5w9hwc7 @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

May be of interest @childrenandscreens.bsky.social @socpedresearch.bsky.social @e2e-spr.bsky.social

#adolescence #screentime #videogames #mentalhealth #pediatrics #gaminghabits #digitalwellness #childdevelopment #publichealth #socialconnection

✍️ Sahana Nayak, William Choi, Char Potes, Alexander Heuer, Zain Memon, Jonanne Talebloo, Elizabeth Li, Kevin Bao, Christiane Helmer, Megan Moreno, Jason Lavender

📉Infographic by Cynthia Li

🗣️New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in Current Pediatrics Reports!

Evidence suggests that video gaming may offer more than just entertainment for adolescents and young adults

🔗To learn more, visit: tinyurl.com/VGHealthAYA @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsfpsych.bsky.social @smahrteam.bsky.social

What is the impact of image-based content on the #BodyImage development of boys and young men?

In this clip from #ScreenDeep, @jasonmnagata.bsky.social explains how idealized masculinity can trigger body image-related behaviors for young male social media users. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gCALyq

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#NEDAW #EDAW #EatingDisordersAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #ucsf #ucsfhealth #adolescenthealth #pediatrics #publichealth #eatingdisorders #eatingdisordersupport #bingeeating #BMI

✍️ Thanks to co-authors Abubakr Al-Shoaibi, Shayna Weinstein, Zain Memon, Elizabeth Li, Wesley Barnhart, Christiane Hemler, Kyle Ganson, Alexander Testa, Jinbo He, Fiona Baker, Jason Lavender

📉 Infographic by Hasan Alsamman

📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in Eating and Weight Disorders!

⚖️ Eating disorder symptoms in early adolescence were prospectively associated with higher BMI percentile one year later among males

🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/3w982hfr
@ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

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#ucsf #ucsfhealth #adolescenthealth #pediatrics #publichealth #screentime #socialmedia #nicotine #smoking

✍️Thanks to co-authors Andrew Caffrey, Alexander Heuer, Keira Beltran Murillo, Christiane Helmer, Isaac Frimpong, Colbey Ricklefs, Abubakr Al-Shoaibi, Alexander Testa, Claire Brindis, Glenn-Milo Santos, Fiona Baker

📉 Infographic by Cynthia Li

🗣️New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in the American Journal on Addictions!

📱Greater #socialmedia use associated with early adolescent #nicotine experimentation. Positive beliefs about smoking may influence this relationship.

🔗To learn more, visit: tinyurl.com/SMNicExp @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social

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#ucsf #ucsfhealth #adolescenthealth #pediatrics #publichealth #screentime #socialmedia #mentalhealth #substanceuse #videogame #sleep

✍️Thanks to co-authors Joan Shim, Priyadharshini Balasubramanian, Chloe Cheng, Abubakr Al-Shoaibi, Iris Shao, Kyle Ganson, Alexander Testa, Orsolya Kiss, Jinbo He, Fiona Baker

📉Infographic by Cynthia Li

🗣️ New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social in
@ajpmonline.bsky.social!

📱 Problematic #screen use in early adolescents is linked to #mental health and #behavioral health outcomes one year later

🔗To learn more, visit: tinyurl.com/PSUYouth @ucsfpsych.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social

@socpedresearch.bsky.social @e2e-spr.bsky.social @childrenandscreens.bsky.social

#AdolescentHealth #MentalHealth #Pediatrics #DigitalMedia #TeenHealth #PublicHealth #HealthResearch #DigitalWellbeing #UCSF

✍️ Thanks to co-authors Sydnie Domingue, Thang Diep, Christiane Helmer, Abubakr Al-Shoaibi, Kyle Ganson, Alexander Testa, Jinbo He, Fiona Baker, Jason Lavender

📉 Infographic by Cynthia Li

🗣️ New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in BMC Research Notes!

Dating app use associated with higher depressive symptom scores in adolescents ages 13-16.

🔗 Read here: tinyurl.com/DatingAppMH @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social

🚨 New Study Alert! 🚨 Check out the latest #ThePRIDEStudyResearch led by Drs. Jason Nagata, MD, MSc and Christopher D. Otmar, PhD: Screening for Eating Concerns in Cisgender Gay Men and Lesbian Women Using a Short, New Tool

Read more at https://pridestudy.org/research/#nagata19

Kids are spending a lot of their school days on their phones | CNN Adolescents spend an average of 70 minutes of their school days on their phones, new research finds. But parents can help suggest ways kids not use phones at school.

Kids spend ~70 minutes of the school day on their phones. But caregivers can help by modeling healthy screen time, Dr. @jasonmnagata.bsky.social says. Caregiver phone use is “one of the biggest predictors of adolescent phone use, or screen use in general,” he explains. https://ucsfh.org/49b2mGg