The Guardian: As a child psychiatrist, I see what smartphones are doing to kids' mental health

[Mike 03]

1. Great article.

I'm convinced many of these warnings apply to all human beings, regardless of age.

I've watched an intelligent woman in her 70s descend into Q-Anon level thinking over the last eight years. She loves the telegram channels, especially the alternative health channels that sprouted during the COVID pandemic. She used to spend many hours each day, and well into the wee hours of the morning, conducting what she called "research" which consisted of getting health and political advice from strangers who distrust government, or reading the rantings of quacks in various fields. She is no longer the person I met 25 years ago.