NCTCA 2021

National award winning mental health advocate, author and social media expert Wade Sorochan provides a revealing look at how social media is affecting youth mental health. Young people today are experiencing higher levels of anxiety than ever before. Social media is one of the biggest threats to mental health today. Research now confirms that social media can cause feelings of sadness, loneliness, envy, resentment and anxiety and depression. Wade provides the latest information, along with expert tips on how to open up a discussion with young people to help identify the addiction and learn to balance the virtual world with the real world before it becomes a serious mental health issue. Information is based on Wade Sorochan's ground-breaking book UNsocial Media; Virtual World Causing Real World Anxiety.