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YouTube announced something new Mental health section for teen viewers, creating special video “shelves” that provide teens with age-appropriate information on topics such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, and eating disorders.
These video shelves will appear when users with teen accounts perform mental health-related searches. in YouTube blog postSearching for “depression” returns video resources from Jed Foundationa non-profit organization working to protect emotional health and prevent suicide, UK National Health Service.
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YouTube is the most widely used social media platform among teens, with nine out of 10 teens surveyed saying they regularly browse the user-generated video site. This means that more teens are engaging with YouTube than Snapchat, Instagram, and even TikTok.
Users from the UK can watch videos from the National Health Service.
Johanna S. said: Kandel, Project Manager: “Outside of Google, YouTube is the biggest driver of outreach to our helpline.” National Alliance for Eating Disorders CEO. “When teens are looking for answers, they often turn to YouTube — and YouTube helps bring them directly to us.”
YouTube has partnered with several mental health nonprofits and government organizations for the new program. The embedded videos are designed to be “evidence-based, teen-centered, and engaging,” according to YouTube’s blog post.
Resources from the National Eating Disorders Alliance, the Good Foundation, and… Child Mind Institute It is included in the teen mental health video racks on YouTube.
Video racks related to teen mental health are just one part of a larger shift in YouTube policy. Other recent changes include the Community Guidelines rule which Narrow down the content Which promotes eating disorders and Recommendations for teenagers and barriers that prevent explicit content.
The program’s soft launch will begin over the coming weeks, as teen-focused mental health resources will begin appearing in the feeds of people in the US, UK, Canada, Mexico, France and Australia.
A Google representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
