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Scientists release findings from major study into internet and mental health – with surprising conclusion

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There is no clear link between mobile phones and the internet and a negative impact on mental wellbeing, the authors of a major new study have found.

Researchers took data on two million people aged between 15 and 89, from 168 countries. While they found that negative and positive experiences had both increased, they found little evidence that was

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