Leveraging social media to explore the barriers to treatment among individuals with depressive symptoms

Szlyk, Hannah S.; Deng, Jie; Xu, Christine; Krauss, Melissa J.; Cavazos‐Rehg, Patricia A.

doi:10.1002/da.22990

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“…Some articles grouped their entire sample by age, 33 34 37 41 therefore only the data from the groups that were eligible for this review were considered (13–18 years olds). Four studies recruited youth with a mental health condition 32 45 47 49 and two recruited athletes.…”

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Use of social media in recruiting young people to mental health research: a scoping review

Smith,

Grohmann,

Trivedi

2023

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesThis review explored the literature on the use of social media in recruiting young people, aged 13–18 years, to mental health research. It aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to recruitment and strategies to improve participation in future research.DesignScoping review.Data sourcesArticles published between January 2011 and February 2023 were searched for on PubMed, Scopus, Medline (via EBSCOhost) and Cochrane Library databases.Eligibility criteriaStudies that outlined social media as a recruitment method and recruited participants aged 13–18 years.Data extraction and synthesisData was extracted by two reviewers independently and cross-checked by a third reviewer. Data on study design, aims, participants, recruitment methods and findings related specifically to social media as a recruitment tool were collected.Results24 journal articles met the inclusion criteria. Studies were predominantly surveys (n=13) conducted in the USA (n=16) recruiting via Facebook (n=16) and/or Instagram (n=14). Only nine of the included articles provided a summary of success and reviewed the efficacy of social media recruitment for young people in mental health research. Type of advertisement, the language used, time of day and the use of keywords were all found to be factors that may influence the success of recruitment through social media; however, as these are based on findings from a small number of studies, such potential influences require further investigation.ConclusionSocial media recruitment can be a successful method for recruiting young people to mental health research. Further research is needed into recruiting socioeconomically marginalised groups using this method, as well as the effectiveness of new social media platforms.RegistrationOpen Science Framework Registry (https://osf.io/mak75/).

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Use of social media in recruiting young people to mental health research: a scoping review

Smith,

Grohmann,

Trivedi

2023

BMJ Open

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“…However, they noted that SoMe intervention evidence in this domain is limited due to poor methodological design and very few interventions having been developed to date. Studies have found SoMe platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr to be effective in recruiting participants with mental health concerns (Szlyk et al, 2020), thus reinforcing the notion that these platforms may be opportune in engaging users with mental health and resilience promotion information.…”

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Instagram as a knowledge mobilization platform for youth resilience research: An exploratory study

Vakili

Stewart

Smith

et al. 2020

IJCAR

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Objectives: Social media (SoMe) is globally prevalent, but its relevance for disseminating sensitive topics, such as violence victimization and mental health among adolescents and emerging adults, remain under-researched. Youth-dominate platforms may be well-suited for resilience messaging on safety, health, and well-being, and exploratory knowledge mobilization research. Research from a common team funding source supported a secondary objective that thematically linked research could be used to impact dissemination. Methods: This experiment utilized an ABA design, with a two-week baseline, followed by SoMe posting on weeks "A" and no posting on weeks "B" from a single Instagram account. During posting weeks, image-based messages from nine open access articles, from a risk and resilience research team, were posted three times per day. Each post contained a link to the associated open-access research article. Outcome dissemination indices, collected weekly, were reads of the referenced articles on a research-based networking site, ResearchGate. Results: Instagram indices formed the basis of our manipulation check. Relative to periods of inactivity, periods of active Instagram engagement led to significant increases in the number of Instagram impressions, website clicks, and followers, and in the number of reads of the posted ResearchGate articles. Implications: As the first study to examine Instagram impact for risk and resilience research, these findings encourage further SoMe work in this area of high public health import.

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“…For this study, we removed participants ages 18 and older, for a final sample of 93 adolescents. Please see Szlyk et al (2020) for additional details on how the full project was conducted.…”

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How do teens with a history of suicidal behavior and self‐harm interact with social media?

Szlyk

Kasson

et al. 2023

Journal of Adolescence

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Background: This study examines how engagement with depression-related social media content varies by teens who report suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) versus those who had not experienced each behavior. Methods: Teens aged 15-17 years old (N = 93) were recruited from social media platforms from October 2016 to August 2018. Participants were asked three openended questions about the advantages and disadvantages of networking about depression-related content on social media. We conducted a qualitative analysis to capture themes in responses by question item. Univariate analyses were conducted to compare differences in the frequency of themes endorsed among the behavioral groups versus their counterparts. Results: Among participants (female, 73%; non-White, 45%; sexual minority, 57%), most (93%, n = 87) endorsed depressive symptoms. Sixty-five percent (n = 60) endorsed suicidal ideation within the past year, who were more likely to indicate unhelpful social interactions (p = .02) as a disadvantage of following depression content than peers who did not endorse suicidal ideation within the past year. Eighty percent (n = 74) endorsed lifetime experience of NSSI, who were more likely to indicate negative impact on relationships (p = .01) from posting depression content than peers who did not experience NSSI. Fifty-eight percent (n = 54) endorsed a lifetime suicide attempt, who were more likely to mention offering solutions (p = .03) to someone posting concerning content than peers who did not endorse a lifetime suicide attempt. Conclusions: This study provides diverse and unique perspectives on how engagement with depression-related social media varies by mental health behaviors and informs the use of social media for recruitment and outreach for teens.adolescents, depression, mixed methods, NSSI, social media, suicidal behaviors | INTRODUCTIONDepression is a leading cause of illness and disability among adolescents worldwide (World Health Organization, 2020). Depression is commonly reported in females, older adolescents, and those from minoritized groups (e.g., racial/ethnic, and/ or sexual identity). (Geiger & Davis, 2019;Lu, 2019; World Health Organization, 2020). Adolescent depression is also associated with poor psychosocial outcomes, including failure to finish high school, unemployment, and unplanned pregnancy/parenthood (Clayborne et al., 2019). There is a marked disparity in mental health care use for depression (Lu, 2019), especially among racial/ethnic minorities and adolescents facing various barriers, such as lower family income (Hodgkinson et al., 2017), and less geographic access to services (Gagnon & Mattingly, 2016

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Leveraging social media to explore the barriers to treatment among individuals with depressive symptoms

Cited by 9 publications

References 24 publications

Use of social media in recruiting young people to mental health research: a scoping review

Use of social media in recruiting young people to mental health research: a scoping review

Instagram as a knowledge mobilization platform for youth resilience research: An exploratory study

How do teens with a history of suicidal behavior and self‐harm interact with social media?

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