In honour of International Women's Day, we are joined by  Dr. Julia Brailovskaia, who has spent over a decade researching at the intersection of mental health and phone use, with a special focus on social media. She is a private lecturer at the University of Bochum and also an initiator of the German Centre for Psychological Health. 

Together, we explore questions like:

- What type of of social media usage patterns will more likely lead to addiction and poor mental health? 
- What are the symptoms of social media addiction and what are the first steps you can take if you diagnose these symptoms in you? 
- What should parents do to support healthy social media usage with their children?

Read Julia's studies and about her work here:

Study: Finding the "Sweet-spot" of Smartphone use 
Article: Less Social Media makes you Happier and More Efficient at Work
Reference to Christian Montag's study on smartphone usage with children: C Montag: Smartphone Usage in Children and Teenagers