According to a recent study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, the researchers claimed that social media can be an effective tool for spreading public health messages and support better patient access to mental health care. The study which aimed to examine the impact of large-scale mental health advocacy campaign (Bell Let’s Talk) focused on mental health awareness and stigma reduction demonstrated that Bell Let’s Talk campaign was temporally associated with an increase in the rate of mental health visits among youth.
Moreover, the study involved the monthly outpatient mental health visits (primary health care and psychiatric services) of youth aged 10 to 24 years (nearly 5.66 million visits) from January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2015. Likewise, the female adolescents aged 10 to 17 years exhibited a monthly increase in the mental health visit rate 14.1/1000 in April…
