The Association of a Geographically Wide Social Media Network on Depression: County-Level Ecological Analysis.

Alaina M Beauchamp Christoph U Lehman Richard J Medford Amy E Hughes

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2023)

Social connectedness and depression showed, after adjusting for confounding factors such as income, education, cohabitation, natural resources, employment categories, accessibility, and urbanicity, that a greater social connectedness score is associated with a decreased prevalence of depression.

Keyphrases

social media
healthcare
depressive symptoms
mental health
sleep quality
health information
risk factors
climate change
mental illness