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Ruth Plackett, Research Fellow in Primary Care and Population Health, UCL

Social media: how to protect your mental health

It is how we use social media that can either benefit or negatively impact our mental health. Rawpixel.com | Shutterstock

The recent inquest into the death of British teenager Molly Russell in 2017 has concluded that the 14-year-old “died from an act of self harm while suffering from depression and the negative effects of online content”. For some people, this ruling will be confirmation of what they have long suspected or indeed experienced: that being on social media can be detrimental to your mental health.


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