Does Usage of Online Social Media Help Users With Depressed Symptoms Improve Their Mental Health? Empirical Evidence From an Online Depression Community

Online depression communities offer people with depressed symptoms new opportunities to obtain health information and provide social support for each other to fight against the depression. We sought to investigate whether usage of online community help improve depression outcomes and determine which...

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Main Authors: Yingjie Lu, Taotao Pan, Jingfang Liu, Jun Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.581088/full