13. Mental Health

Now that we’ve looked at how information spreads through social media platforms, we’ll start looking at the consequences of this and how to deal with those consequences. We’ll start with mental health.

Note

This chapter is about mental health, so discusses many mental health problems, including self-harm.

• 13.1. Social Media Influence on Mental Health
• 13.2. Unhealthy Activities on Social Media
• 13.3. Healthy Activities on Social Media
• 13.4. Mental Health Detection
• 13.5. Demo: Only positive news
• 13.6. Design Analysis: Mental Health
• 13.7. Reflection questions on mental health
• 13.8. Bibliography