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This systematic review looked at research on social media and mental health. The authors state that social media are responsible for making mental health problems worse. They searched 50 papers and, after applying selection rules, included 16 studies. The final papers were checked for quality and included a mix of…
Digital CBT (Daylight) appears to be safe and efficacious for symptoms of anxiety, worry, and further measures of mental health compared with waitlist control in individuals with GAD.
This study followed 6,112 Chinese adults aged 45 and older across three survey waves (2011–2016). It found that people with depressive symptoms at the start, and especially those whose symptoms persisted across the first two waves, had higher odds of being diagnosed with anemia later. For example, baseline depressive symptoms…
