Facebook use can worsen as well as improve mental health conditions

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-04/bsa-fuc041415.php

Public Release: 14-Apr-2015
British Sociological Association

Facebook can help people recover from mental health problems but it needs to be used cautiously and strategically as it can also make symptoms worse, new research shows.

Dr Keelin Howard told the British Sociological Association's annual conference in Glasgow today [Wednesday 15 April] that users she interviewed found their paranoid, manic and depressive symptoms could worsen as well as improve.

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