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Mar 2023

29m 19s

Social media and mental health

NSFT COMMUNICATIONS

About this episode

Today we're joined by Suffolk Children and Families Participation Group (Particip8), who launch series 4 of the Mental Health and You podcast. The group discuss their personal experiences of social media, how it's effected/effecting their mental health as well as some top tips on how to deal with social media.

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