To the commenter below, the article is not "some Atlantic journalist's opinions", it's citing research by Jean Twenge, who is cited Jonathan Haidt [0] for her research on the correlation in socialization changes and heavy social-media use, esp since 2016. [https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...]
[0]: "Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a major contributing cause" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31268222
I usually add "in the US" myself to such HN titles, but I think HN doesn't want us to editorialize like that, even when it removes ambiguity. So next time I'll try putting it in the title and the first post body.
"PART 1: THE SPECIFIC, GIGANTIC, SUDDEN, AND INTERNATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS: 1.6 The crisis has hit many countries, not just the USA. The patterns are nearly identical in the UK and Canada, and the trends are similar though not identical in Australia and New Zealand. We do not yet see signs of similar epidemics in continental Europe or in East Asia, although I have not yet found good data from those regions."
and Figure 3. Loneliness at school increased in all regions of the world [sharply] after 2012 [through 2018].
[0]: "Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a major contributing cause" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31268222