Screentime Proves Therapeutic for Adolescents Struggling With their Mental Health

From Rhode Island Current

MARCH 20, 2024

Rhode Island schools connect students to telehealth therapy through new partnership with Bradley REACH. Remote learning was just one pandemic-motivated trend that shook up schoolkids’ lives. Increased rates of mental health issues was another. Could Zoom help kids better cope?

After all, teens spend a lot of time staring at screens. The average 13- to 18-year old enjoyed eight and a half hours of daily screen time, according to a 2021 report from Common Sense Media. Psychiatry is a process that also takes time — lots of it, usually, and it takes even more time when it’s designed to treat serious mental disorders.