While technology and social media are often negatively associated with mental health impacts, they can actually help youths unwind and be a source of relevant help, said one expert in the field.
Young people are facing more pressure nowadays, from work and school-related matters to larger existential crises like the climate crisis. , they can actually help youths unwind and also be a source of relevant help, Professor Amanda Third, co-director of the Young and Resilient Research Centre at Western Sydney University, told CNA’s Asia Now on Tuesday .
“A lot of them have unhealthy coping mechanisms substance abuse, self harm thoughts and ideation as well,” she told CNA’s Singapore Tonight on Tuesday.Prof Third’s team had conducted a study on youth mental health in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Fiji. A range of structural factors also affect young people’s mental health, such as whether they come from a lower socioeconomic background or have access to education, she added.
Other issues, such as facing relationship troubles and their families not being able to afford basic food and housing, also strongly impact their mental health and wellbeing, said Prof Third. “With social media, there's a certain expectation that you want to actually live up to a certain image you want to portray. That itself is really a very huge stress factor on its own,” she said.Singapore, in particular, has a high internet penetration rate and number of social media users, said Dr Ong Say How, senior consultant and chief of developmental psychiatry at the Institute of Mental Health.
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