Social networking sites, depression, and anxiety: A systematic review

JMIR Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Seabrook, Elizabeth M ^a   Kern, Margaret L ^b   Rickard, Nikki S ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Mental health; Review; Social media; Social networking; Systematic; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018425140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23687959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mental.5842     Document Type: Review

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