In her debut blog, Megan Buoey summarises a social media study which explores how pro-eating disorder communities grow on Twitter.
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Self-disclosure and social media: review identifies two-way relationship with mental health #ActiveIngredientsMH
Pattie Gonsalves explores the relationship between self-disclosure of mental health and wellbeing in young people, by summarising a recent review on self-disclosure and social media, and also presenting findings from a new review on self-disclosure as an active ingredient in interventions for youth anxiety and depression.
[read the full story...]Mobile applications and behaviour change in orthodontic patients
This review of the effectiveness of mobile applications and social media-based interventions in inducing behaviour change among orthodontic patients included 16 RCTs. While the findings suggest some limited beneficial changes in orthodontic patients the interventions are very hetrogeneous and not based on clear behavioural change theory.
[read the full story...]Art and mental health on Instagram
Lorna Collins summarises a study looking at the impact of artwork posted on Instagram. She considers how art can promote mental health awareness, and the impact that sharing can have on the artist.
[read the full story...]Mental health stigma and online social support for bipolar disorder: what can we learn from Twitter?
Charlotte Walker explores an online ethnography study that explores how Twitter users discuss mental illness, particularly bipolar disorder, and in what context; focusing specifically on the areas of stigma and social support.
[read the full story...]Depressive symptoms and negative online disclosures: is the clue in the post?
A group of UCL MSc students review a recent mixed-methods study which suggests that online disclosure of negative emotions and experiences (posted to Facebook) are linked with depression symptoms in US college students.
[read the full story...]#Instagram: Is it dangerous in terms of suicide and self-harm content?
Jess Williams explores a recent systematic review which explores whether suicide and self-harm content on Instagram is dangerous or not.
[read the full story...]Social media peer support groups for OCD and related disorders: helpful or harmful?
In her debut blog, Margherita Zenoni explores a mixed methods survey, which finds that social media support groups may be harmful for some people with OCD or related disorders.
[read the full story...]Parenting in the smartphone age: there may be technoference on the picture #CAMHScampfire
Douglas Badenoch helps us prepare for another CAMHS Around the Campfire session by tuning into the real effect of smartphone use on parenting; a multiverse analysis carried out by Kathryn L. Modecki and colleagues from Griffith University in Queensland, Australia.
Follow #CAMHScampfire on Twitter at 9.30am BST on Wednesday 23rd June for an online journal club discussing this paper. Or sign up now to join the free webinar hosted by ACAMH.
[read the full story...]Will the COVID-19 pandemic lead to a mental health pandemic?
In his debut blog, KCL student George Bougas explores a recent longitudinal study looking at mental health outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.
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