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Young People Seeking Help Online for Mental Health: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.

Claudette PretoriusDerek ChambersBenjamin CowanDavid Coyle
Published in: JMIR mental health (2019)
Findings from this survey suggest that young people are engaging with web-based mental health resources to assist them with their mental health concerns. However, levels of satisfaction with the available resources vary. Young people are engaging in strategies to assign credibility to web-based resources, however, uncertainty around their reliability is a significant barrier to online help-seeking.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • social media
  • health information
  • healthcare