Sleep disturbance, self-harm and high levels of social media and smartphone use are prevalent among young people with mental health conditions, with half of participants meeting criteria for problematic smartphone use
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299059
Article Title: Cohort profile: The Social media, smartphone use and Self-harm in Young People (3S-YP) study–A prospective, observational cohort study of young people in contact with mental health services
Author Countries: UK
Funding: This work was supported by the Medical Research Council and Medical Research Foundation (grant number MR/S020365/1). This work was also part supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and King’s College London, and the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) South London. RD was also funded by a Clinician Scientist Fellowship from the Health Foundation in partnership with the Academy of Medical Sciences and her work is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London. BC is also supported by the Nuffield Trust. ML is also supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (grant number EP/V030302/1) and The Alan Turing Institute (grant number EP/N510129/1). AB and EC are also supported by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and King’s College London. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the MRC, the MRF, the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. For the purposes of open access, the author has applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Accepted Author Manuscript version arising from this submission.
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Cohort profile: The Social media, smartphone use and Self-harm in Young People (3S-YP) study–A prospective, observational cohort study of young people in contact with mental health services
22-May-2024
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.