Seasonality Patterns of Internet Searches on Mental Health: Exploratory Infodemiology Study.
Noam SoreniDuncan H CameronDavid L StreinerKaren RowaRandi E McCabePublished in: JMIR mental health (2019)
Seasonal patterns of internet search volume in a wide range of mental health terms were observed, with the exception of "suicide." Our study demonstrates that monitoring internet search trends is an affordable, instantaneous, and naturalistic method to sample public interest in large populations and inform health policy planners.