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This episode discusses the mental health challenges faced by the digital generation, featuring insights from clinical psychologist Dr. Danielle Einstein.

🎙️ What if the greatest challenge of the AI era isn’t building smarter technology… It’s protecting the mental health of the next generation? In this important episode of Exponential Africa, I sit down with clinical psychologist Dr. Danielle Einstein to explore the impact of social media on young people, the rise in anxiety among children and teenagers, and Australia’s landmark decision to introduce age restrictions for social media. We discuss: 📱 Why social media affects developing minds d...

People in this episode

Host: Be Exponential

Guest: Dr Danielle Einstein

Topics covered

• mental health
• social media
• AI era
• anxiety
• youth
• age restrictions

Keywords

• mental health
• digital generation
• social media
• anxiety
• youth
• Australia
• age restrictions

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Organizations: Exponential Africa

Places: Australia

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