The number of teenagers on social media has sparked alarm among medical professionals, who point to a growing body of research about the harm such platforms can cause adolescents.
Murthy acknowledged the difficulties of keeping children off these platforms given their popularity, but suggested parents can find success by presenting a united front.
Psychiatrists like Dr. Adriana Stacey have pointed to this phenomenon for years. Stacey, who works primarily with teenagers and college students, previously told CNN using social media releases a "dopamine dump" in the brain. For both Murphy and Murthy, the issue of social media addiction is personal. Both men are fathers -- Murphy to teenagers and Murthy to young children. "It's not coincidental that Dr. Murthy and I are probably talking more about this issue of loneliness more than others in public life," Murphy told CNN. "I look at this through the prism of my 14-year-old and my 11-year-old."
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