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- Risk of Suicide Attempts in Adolescents and Young Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study (2018)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2018
Yu-Shu Huang et al.
In 20,574 Taiwanese youths with ADHD and 61,722 matched controls, ADHD predicted any and repeated attempts, but methylphenidate or atomoxetine did not increase attempt risk. Long-term…
- Risperdal (risperidone) Prescribing Information (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Current FDA label via DailyMed
FDA labeling approves risperidone for schizophrenia at ages 13–17, acute manic or mixed Bipolar I episodes at ages 10–17, and irritability associated with autistic disorder at…
- Schwermut ohne Scham (2012)
News Report · 2012
Jörg Blech; Der Spiegel
The publisher-indexed wording attributes to Leon Eisenberg the statement that ADHD is a prime example of a fabricated disorder.
- Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains”
News Report · 2017
Mike Allen / Axios
Parker retrospectively described maximizing attention and said creators understood the psychological mechanism consciously. He also said, “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains.”
- Senate Bill 818, Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed
Government Record · 2008
Missouri General Assembly
The enrolled measure repeals and reenacts provisions including sections 160.261, 565.090, and 565.225 and expands harassment coverage.
- Senator Markey’s Probe into Amazon Ring Reveals New Privacy Problems
Government Record · 2022
Office of Senator Edward J. Markey
The Senate release reports 11 emergency-request disclosures without device-owner consent in 2022 and 2,161 law-enforcement agencies on Ring’s Neighbors Public Safety Service.
- Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC to Pay $56.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Drug Marketing and Promotion Practices (2014)
Government Record · 2014
U.S. Department of Justice
Shire paid $56.5 million to resolve civil allegations concerning unsupported Adderall XR superiority and outcome claims and misleading Vyvanse abuse-liability statements. The resolved claims were allegations…
- Short Sleep Duration Among Middle School and High School Students — United States, 2015
Government Record · 2018
Anne G. Wheaton et al.
Short sleep affected 57.8% of middle-school and 72.7% of high-school students in the analyzed state data. Nine states contributed to the combined middle-school analysis and 30…
- Smith-Hughes Act (1917)
Government Record · 1917
64th U.S. Congress
The Smith-Hughes Act of 1917, the first federal funding for vocational education in farming, trades and industry.
- Social Media and Adolescent Health: Highlights
Document · 2023
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The committee nevertheless proposed interim protections and further research. Lack of population-level causal evidence is not evidence that every individual is safe.
- Social Media and Youth Mental Health
Government Record · 2023
Office of the U.S. Surgeon General
The U.S. Surgeon General's 2023 advisory page on social media and youth mental health: it says we cannot yet conclude social media is safe enough for…
- Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent
News Report · 2014
Nick Bilton
Bilton reports that he asked Jobs in late 2010 whether his children loved the iPad. Walter Isaacson separately described device-free family dinners, but that does not…
- Stipulated Order for Civil Penalty, Monetary Judgment, and Injunctive Relief, United States v. Facebook, Inc.
Court Filing · 2019
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
The filed stipulated order imposed a $5 billion civil penalty and extensive privacy obligations. Facebook neither admitted nor denied the complaint allegations except as specifically stated…
- Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Monetary Judgment, and Other Relief, United States v. Ring LLC
Court Filing · 2023
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
The entered order requires deletion, privacy and security measures, access restrictions, monitoring, and a $5.8 million judgment.
- Strattera (atomoxetine) Prescribing Information (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Current FDA label via DailyMed
Strattera’s boxed warning reports average suicidal-ideation risk of 0.4% (5/1,357) versus none among 851 placebo patients, with no suicides. The pooled basis was 12 trials involving…
- Studies of Independence and Conformity: I. A Minority of One Against a Unanimous Majority
Peer-Reviewed Study · 1956
Solomon E. Asch
Across 123 critical subjects, Table 3 reports a mean error rate of 36.8% on critical judgments; 24% made no errors. Most critical responses remained independent, and…
- Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research: A Historical Analysis of Internal Industry Documents
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2016
Cristin E. Kearns, Laura A. Schmidt, and Stanton A. Glantz
Internal documents indicate that the Sugar Research Foundation sponsored and influenced a 1965 review without disclosure of its role. The authors acknowledge that direct evidence the…
- Teens Spend Average of 4.8 Hours on Social Media Per Day
Document · 2023
Gallup
Gallup’s June–July 2023 survey reported 4.8 hours across seven platforms, including 1.9 hours on YouTube and 1.5 on TikTok. Averages ranged from 4.1 hours at age…
- The Association Between Adolescent Well-Being and Digital Technology Use
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2019
Amy Orben and Andrew K. Przybylski
Specification curve analysis across three large social datasets, total n=355,358, found a small negative association. The analysis is correlational rather than a causal detox experiment.
- The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens, 2021
Document · 2022
Victoria Rideout, Alanna Peebles, Supreet Mann, and Michael B. Robb
Entertainment screen use averaged 5:33 for ages 8–12 and 8:39 for ages 13–18. Social-media time was 18 minutes and 1:27 respectively. YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch were…
- The Cost of Interrupted Work: More Speed and Stress
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2008
Gloria Mark, Daniela Gudith, and Ulrich Klocke
The peer-reviewed experiment found interrupted tasks completed faster without quality loss, but with greater stress, frustration, time pressure, and effort.
- The Country School of To-morrow
Document · 1913
Frederick T. Gates
Gates explicitly imagines rural people yielding with perfect docility to a molding hand. The passage concerns a visionary program for rural education and does not contain…
- The effects of social media abstinence on affective well-being and life satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2025
Nassen et al.
Ten studies, N=4,674 and 38 effect sizes, produced nonsignificant pooled results: positive affect g=0.03, negative affect g=−0.01, and life satisfaction g=0.03. Interventions were mostly short, adult-only,…
- The Immediate Impact of Different Types of Television on Young Children’s Executive Function
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2011
Angeline S. Lillard; Jennifer Peterson
Peer-reviewed experiment (2011): 9 minutes of a fast-paced cartoon right away hurt 4-year-olds' attention and self-control compared with a slower show or drawing. Short-term effects only;…