Right now about 22 percent of teenagers exhibit multiple symptoms of depression. There is no other factor that has changed notably in the last decade other than the prevalence of smartphones, digital technology, and social media to explain the extraordinary increase in the frequency of depression among adolescents. "In general, social media is not passive anymore, it's very interactive," said Tufts Medical Center Psychiatrist and Tufts School of Medicine professor Nassir Ghaemi. Video: Jandro Cisneros.
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