Social Media and Mental Health

What is Social Media?

• An artistic expression

• Instagram

• A collective term for websites and applications that focus on communication, interaction, content-sharing, and collaboration.

• The use of applications that allow for communication and mapping to stalk people.

What is Mental Health?

• Having a healthy mind

• A person's emotional, psychological, and social well-being.

• Can affect how we think, feel, and act

• Reflection on our tiggers

What hormone is activated when you're scrolling on social media?

• Serotonin

• Excitement

• Cortisol

• Dopamine

What is Phantom Vibration Syndrome?

• A disorder in which you have hallucinations of ghosts.

• A disorder in which you have hallucinations of the ground shaking.

• The false perception that one's phone or other technology is vibrating when it isn't.

Adolescents in virtual settings were able to effectively use social media to help grow/maintain social connections.

• False

• True