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Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Reduction (mathematics)

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Smartphone screen time reduction improves mental health: a randomized controlled trial

Christoph Pieh, Elke Humer, Andreas Hoenigl, John J. Schwab, Doris Mayerhofer, Rachel Dale, et al.
BMC Medicine Summary & key facts 2025 27 citations

This randomized trial tested whether cutting daily smartphone screen time to 2 hours or less for three weeks changed mental health in healthy students. 111 students (mean age 22.7 years, mean screen time 276 minutes/day) were assigned to the 3-week limit (n=58) or to continue usual use (n=53). After the…

Digital Mental Health Interventions Impact of Technology on Adolescents Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
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