"What you see on the screen is what's called the DSM, which is basically the official manual for recognized mental disorders. The American Psychiatric Association studied this and decided that social media addiction is not a thing."
"Social media addiction is not currently listed as a diagnosis in the DSM-5-TR-but that does not mean it doesn't exist,"
"social media isn't " clinically addictive," comparing it to being "addicted" to a Netflix show."
Two legal cases allege that Meta facilitated child exploitation and caused mental health harms through addictive platform features. Meta contested that social media should be labeled an addiction and argued the DSM does not recognize social media addiction like substance addictions. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri described social media as not clinically addictive and likened it to being addicted to a TV show. Meta lawyer Kevin Huff described the DSM as the official manual and said the American Psychiatric Association decided social media addiction is not a thing. The APA clarified that absence from DSM-5-TR does not mean the phenomenon cannot exist.
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