Health experts are seeing more SA children suffering from a raft of serious medical conditions linked to social media and a ban alone will not protect them, argues the state’s Australian Medical Association chief Peter Subramaniam.

Australia’s decision to ban social media accounts for children under 16 is a bold and necessary step that demonstrates the importance our leaders place on the health and wellbeing of young people in this country.

But the evidence is clear: a ban on social media alone will not protect young people from the mental health harms we are seeing.

South Australian GPs, paediatricians, psychiatrists and other clinicians with specialist expertise in child and adolescent health are sounding the alarm.

They are seeing young patients who report anxiety, sleep disruption, cyberbullying, body image concerns and compulsive online behaviours linked to social media use.........

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