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Brian Kilmeade Show

Dr. Drew Pinsky on depressed teenagers, social media and smart phones

Brian Kilmeade Show

FOX News Podcasts

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4.12K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey, Dr. Drew Pinsky joins us now, board certified internist, addiction medicine specialist,

0:05.1

host of Ask Dr. Drew, the Adam and Drew show, Adam Crowe, of course, Dr. Drew Eftedark.

0:11.7

He's got a show on Rumble.

0:13.4

He's kind enough to give us a few minutes.

0:14.8

Dr. Drew, welcome back.

0:15.8

Hi, good to hear you, Lord.

0:17.8

Hey, same here.

0:18.8

I saw the cover of The New York Post and I thought, this is so up your alley, sadly,

0:25.0

and the cover is really disturbing, I think, even to people that are in parents since

0:29.6

the explosion of social media, 44% of teens, when asked this question, as my life useful,

0:35.7

have answered no, they also use the term 48% of the time I do not enjoy my life, and 49.5%

0:43.0

I can't do anything right.

0:44.7

This is almost the majority of teens in our country, and they tie it back to the explosion

0:50.1

of social media in 2012.

0:51.6

Does Dr. Drew do that?

0:54.1

Yeah, in fact, there's much more serious data out there medically in terms of depression,

1:01.0

anxiety, rumination around suicide, the thoughts of suicide, particularly young female,

1:06.7

at all times, highs, and it can be correlated back directly to use of social media.

1:13.6

Now, why this is happening?

1:18.7

You were breaking up a little, Dr. Drew, I don't know, fear in that area, or the problem

1:24.6

is in California, where you're at, not anything works anymore, thanks to Gavin Newsom.

1:29.0

Maybe the internet's down, or we dropped off, we'll get them back.

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