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    • Teens, tech and mental health: Oxford study finds no link

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    4 May 2021
    A study of more than 430,000 young people aged 10-15, using data gathered over a period of 28 years, has found "little association" between tech use and mental health problems.

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    Programme on Adolescent Well-Being in the Digital Age

    This programme addresses the assumptions that the overall mental well-being of young people is undergoing a pronounced period of decline and that digital technologies might be driving this trend.

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