- Recommendation letters written by ChatGPT demonstrate gender bias https://www.jmir.org/2024/1/e51837 44 comments science
- Receiving therapy for problematic social media use can be effective in improving the mental wellbeing of people with depression. Social media use can become problematic when it interferes with a person's daily life and leads to poor mental wellbeing, depression, anxiety, stress and loneliness. https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e44922 4 comments science
- Serious games beneficial in reducing depression in older adults (n=1280) https://www.jmir.org/2022/9/e37753/ 121 comments science
- New app study gives hope to people coping with SMI (Serious Mental Illness). Participants suffer from MDD, Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder. Large effects were observed for the BDI-II (d=0.58), RAS (d=0.61), and RSES (d=0.64); https://www.jmir.org/2021/11/e29201 6 comments science
- 5G doesn’t cause COVID-19, but the rumor it does spread like a virus. Researchers focused on myths that the World Health Organization (WHO) “busted” on its website including the relationships between COVID-19 and alcohol, ginger root, the sun, 5G, and hydroxychloroquine. https://www.jmir.org/2020/12/e24425/ 24 comments science
- Suicidality and loneliness clusters more than doubled in the number of Reddit posts during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on posts from 826,961 unique users. Specifically, the support groups for borderline personality disorder and PTSD became significantly associated with the suicidality cluster. https://www.jmir.org/2020/10/e22635?t=au 65 comments science
- Natural Language Processing Reveals Vulnerable Mental Health Support Groups and Heightened Health Anxiety on Reddit During COVID-19: Observational Study https://www.jmir.org/2020/10/e22635 5 comments science
- Frequent internet use improves mental health in older adults https://www.jmir.org/2020/7/e15683/ 250 comments science
- Voice assistants not reliable for health advice https://www.jmir.org/2020/2/e15823/ 3 comments artificial
- Reddit can help people suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia improve their written communication and express their ideas (paper in JMIR) https://www.jmir.org/2018/4/e121/ 18 comments science
- New research suggests that it is not just the victims of cyberbullying that are more vulnerable to suicidal behaviours, but the perpetrators themselves are also at higher risk of experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviours. https://www.jmir.org/2018/4/e129/ 3 comments science
- Study compares the quality of health advice on internet forums finds Reddit both better and worse than Mumsnet and Patient http://www.jmir.org/2016/1/e4/ 3 comments science