Mental Health Content and Mental Health Outcomes

Launched by YALE-NUS COLLEGE · Jun 3, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking into how mental health information shared on social media affects people's behavior regarding seeking help for issues like depression, anxiety, and stress. The researchers want to understand if seeing this content encourages people to seek support or diagnose themselves. They will survey over 600 adults using a well-known psychological theory to analyze the connections between social media exposure and mental health actions.

To participate, you need to be a healthy adult aged 21 to 34, or a university student aged 18 to 34, and you must use at least one social media platform like Facebook or Instagram. It's also important that you can read and understand English and have lived in Singapore for at least two years. If you’re interested, you'll be asked to answer questions about your mental health and your experiences with online mental health content. This is a great opportunity to contribute to research that could help improve mental health support in the community!

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Enrollment is restricted to healthy adults between 21-34 (or 18-34 for university students)
• • Use at least one social media platform (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X)
• • Participants need to be able to read and understand English.
• • Participants must also have lived in Singapore for at least 2 years.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Anyone who does not feel comfortable answering questions related to mental health and exposure to mental health-related content online.