The Jed Foundation announces a new report, Exploring Artificial Intelligence [AI]: Understanding Relationships between AI Use and Mental Health Among Middle and High School Students, developed with input from the Digital Wellness Lab. The report examines responses between October 2025 and April 2026 from more than 5,500 middle and high school students across 21 U.S. schools enrolled in JED’s programs.
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New JED Research Shows Link Between Teens’ AI Use, Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
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My child is using AI a lot. Should I be worried?
Digital Wellness Lab founder Dr. Michael Rich has a detailed conversation about the benefits and risks of AI for kids and how families can handle it.
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Unplug and reset, say Girl Scouts
Hannah Chidekel, the Digital Wellness Lab’s Research and Education Manager, helps inform three girl scouts with their project on screen time, Unplug and Reset.
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The Breakup Loop: Why the TikTok Algorithm May Keep You Heartbroken
Dr. Michael Rich of the Digital Wellness Lab explains how social media can be very responsive to emotional states and how disruptive that can be.
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Anthropic’s ‘Reflection’ Beta Tracks Your Habits to Improve How You Use Claude
The Digital Wellness Lab’s research-based advice behind the Reflect tracking feature is cited.
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Anthropic Launches Claude Reflect Beta to Track AI Habits
The Digital Wellness Lab’s research-based advice behind the Reflect tracking feature is cited.
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Why I’m Letting My Kids Be Bored This Summer—and Experts Say It’s Good for Them
Michael Rich, MD, founder of the Digital Wellness Lab, stresses the values of boredom and calls out the default behavior that screen use has become for so many people.
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Teens, screens and a hill of beans? The gap between the headline you want and the headline you get
Digital Wellness Lab Scientist Zhiying (Zoey) Yue brings a discussion of young people’s mental health in a digital age down to earth by citing her own extensive and personal experience with the gaming.
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Are Screens Shrinking Our Kids’ Attention Spans?
Director Dr. Michael Rich of the Digital Wellness Lab comments about the unprecedented rapid-fire attention shifts that kids are exposed to now.
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What is ‘Looksmaxxing’ and why are doctors sounding the alarm?
The Digital Wellness Lab’s 2022 Pulse Survey Adolescent Media Use: Attitudes, Effects, and Online Experiences is cited for statistics on social media’s effects on teen body image.
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