Objective: The objective of this project was to investigate the online behaviors of adolescent
and adult populations with respect to mental health information seeking, and identify …

Youth are vulnerable to mental health challenges. Social media presents an opportunity to
evaluate disinhibited mental health discourse and self-disclosure. The objective of this study …

The objective of this study was to understand how youth search for mental health information
online. Youth partners were engaged at the onset of the project and provided input …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for youth mental health
services in Canada as disruptions to clinical care continue to persist due to the risk of …

Barriers such as stigmatization and access to health care may lead young adults with mental
health conditions (YAMHC) to try to find alternatives to more traditional means of obtaining …

Within the last 10 years, social media has infiltrated the lives of adolescents in the USA and
around the world. According to Pew Research Center (2015), 73% of adolescents have …

Background: Mental ill-health is one of the most significant health and social issues affecting
young people globally. To address the mental health crisis, a number of cross-sectoral …

Objective: Youth with mental illnesses often engage in unhealthy behaviors associated with
early mortality from physical diseases in adulthood, but interventions to support positive …

Background Online searches about anxiety and depression are recorded every 3–5 s. As
such, information and communication technologies (ICT) have enormous potential to enable …

In Canada, it is estimated that 15-21% of youth have at least one diagnosable mental illness
and less than one third access the mental health services they need. Social media (SM) may …