Молодежный инновационный вестникМолодежный инновационный вестник2415-7805Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Воронежский государственный медицинский университет имени Н.Н. Бурденко" Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации8559UnclassifiedINFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUTHПчелинцеваОльга ВадимовнаAndromedaBee@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0009-0004-9780-778XVoronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko2004202312S26226240803202313032023Copyright © 2023, Пчелинцева О.В.2023<p>Introduction<strong>.</strong> Social networks rapidly became irreplaceable part of our everyday life and are often blamed for declining mental wellness of the youth. Relationship between mental stability of adolescents and their social media engagement is a subject of thorough research. The objective of this research is to analyze and summarize the recent studies which investigate whether social media has an influence on the mental well-being of teenagers.</p> <p>Methods. In the research were used methods of contextual and descriptive analysis. Materials were gathered from multiple sources such as International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Frontiers in psychiatry, Journal of clinical psychology.</p> <p>Results. Our review has demonstrated that there are 3 major issues in relation to the topic, i.e. depression, eating disorders and cyberbullying. The depression was categorized in 4 major groups: time spent, form activity, investment and addiction. Most findings on eating disorders indicate that psychological problems in teenagers are often caused by the discrepancy between their self image and media standards of eating patterns. The key result of cyberbullying studies proves that any victim of bullying suffer long-term consequences resulting in multiple mental disorders.</p> <p>Conclusion. Our review has shown that social media has significant impact on teenage mental health, though this problem still needs further research.</p>mental healthsocial mediayouthdepressioneating disorderscyberbullyingментальное здоровьесоциальные сетимолодежьдепрессиярасстройства пищевого поведениякибербуллинг1.Office of the Surgeon General (OSG). Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory [Internet]. Washington (DC): US Department of Health and Human Services; 2021;2.Betul Keles, Niall McCrae & Annmarie Grealish (2020) A systematic review: the influence of social media on depression, anxiety and psychological distress in adolescents, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth; p.80, pp.84-883.Cataldo Ilaria, Lepri Bruno, Neoh Michelle Jin Yee, Esposito Gianluca: Social Media Usage and Development of Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: A Review: Frontiers in Psychiatry-11; 2021; p.7,94.Fardouly J, Magson NR, Rapee RM, Johnco CJ, Oar EL. The use of social media by Australian preadolescents and its links with mental health. J Clin Psychol. (2020) 76:1304–265.Осадчая, А. В. Психологическое и психосоматическое воздействие кибер-буллинга на всех его участников / А. В. Осадчая, Е. А. Макарова // Вестник Таганрогского института управления и экономики. – 2017. – № 2(26). – С. 66-70. – EDN YMHOHC.6.Стеблецова, А. О. Интердискурсивность медиатекстов медицинской профилактики / А. О. Стеблецова, И. А. Стернин // Коммуникативные исследования. – 2019. – Т. 6, № 3. – С. 794-809. – DOI 10.25513/2413-6182.2019.6(3).794-809. – EDN GZOCMV.