American social psychologist Jonathan Hydet is studying the effect of excessive use of social networks on mental health for children and adolescents. A phenomenon, according to it, caused the epidemic of mental disorders in this age group. He came to Brazil to discuss this issue on the limits of thought, to be held on May 19, in Sao Paulo.
“When we look at the self -charging data for teenagers, we have very good data in the United States dating back to the seventies. So we don’t see any real change or there is no real change from 1990 to 2010, until 2011, there is no sign of change.” CNN interviews.
“After that, suddenly, the numbers begin to rise very quickly in 2013, 2012. This happens in many countries at the same time. If only changes in the way things are diagnosed, we will not see that they are stable until a year and then, and most importantly, even we look at the council that we do not look at this so that we do not look at the group from the council that we do not look at this until we look at the group of the group in the council that we do not look at this in the street.”
Haidt Research has become the relationship between mental health and the use of social networks theme of the book “Anxiety Generation”, which is listed in the list of best -selling books for more than a year. In this, the author notes that this is a problem that needs a collective confrontation.
“Each of us as parents mean,” no, you cannot get an Instagram account at the age of 11, “but our daughter says,” But, everyone in my room on Instagram. I will exclude. “Then most of us are over.
Jonathan Hydet also says responsibility is not only parents.
“Parents need to change their behavior, but most of us face difficulties, and if many of us are going through and it is very difficult to keep their children away, it may be the mistake of the manufacturers of devices, applications and the absence of complete organization so far.”
In addition to Jonathan Haidt, you will receive the boundaries of thought writer Chimamanda Ngzi Adichie and neuroscientist António Damásio. the CNN Brazil is the media partner of this event.
