Mobile phones can affect our mental health, says Prince Harry

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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 16: Prince Harry attends a briefing by MapAction to learn more about the charity's response to the recent Nepal earthquakes, ahead of his tour to the country later this month on March 16, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Anthony Harvey/Getty Images)

Prince Harry is on a two-day tour of Leeds and has used the occasion to speak up on mental health on behalf of his charity Heads Together—and the effect that our cell phones can have on it.

“I read recently that young people check their phones at least 150 times per day—I’m sure we could all be more effective and efficient if we took a moment to process our thoughts rather than rushing from one thing to the next,” he said at the event Leeds Leads: Encouraging Happy Young Minds on behalf of the Leeds Community Foundation.

Harry began ‘Heads Together’, a charity to promote mental health awareness, with his brother Prince William and sister-in-law Kate Middleton back in April 2016. “I cannot tell you how pleased William, Catherine, and I are that the dial seems to have shifted and that there is now greater understanding, compassion, and kindness for anyone who opens up about their struggles,” he said.

“But let’s not kid ourselves that the job is done—there is much, much more that we can do at every level to make conversations about mental health as commonplace as those about physical health.”’

Courtesy: InStyle