Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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3 papers

TikTok and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study of Social Media Content Quality

Anthony T. Yeung, Enoch Ng, Elia Abi‐Jaoude

The study examined the 100 most popular English TikTok videos tagged #ADHD (searched July 18, 2021). Raters classified videos as useful, personal experience, or misleading and found that about half were misleading. Videos were generally easy to understand but gave little actionable guidance, and healthcare providers’ videos tended to be…

Digital Mental Health Interventions Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Mobile Health and mHealth Applications

Effect of Internet vs Face-to-Face Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Health Anxiety: A Randomized Noninferiority Clinical Trial

Erland Axelsson, Erik Andersson, Brjánn Ljótsson, Daniel Björkander, Maria Hedman-Lagerlöf, Erik Hedman-Lagerlöf
PubMed Central (PMC) Summary & key facts 2020 116 citations

This randomized noninferiority clinical trial examines the effect of internet-delivered vs face-to-face cognitive behavior therapy especially in light of resources, access, and cost.

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Digital Mental Health Interventions Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Tools to Reduce Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Jiyeong Kim, Lois Maame Donkor Aryee, Heejung Bang, Steffi Prajogo, Yong Kyung Choi, Jeffrey S. Hoch, et al.
JMIR Mental Health Summary & key facts 2023 63 citations

The researchers did a large, careful search for studies of digital mental health tools (things like websites, phone apps, text messages, or online therapy) aimed at reducing depression and anxiety in low- and middle-income countries. They only kept randomized controlled trials, which are studies where people are randomly put into…

Digital Mental Health Interventions Impact of Technology on Adolescents Mental Health Research Topics
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