There are both benefits and harms involved in social media use, and the report authors sought a balanced approach

Regular use cut risk in half regardless of educational attainment, race'ethnicity, sex, and generation

Despite that, fewer parents said they were comfortable talking to their children and teens about mental health compared with a year ago

Chatbot generates higher proportion of responses rated as good or very good quality and empathetic or very empathetic than physicians

Increase in proportion of patients achieving ≥15 percent reduction in daily morphine equivalent dose, ≥2-point reduction in pain intensity

Top contributing factors include depression score, age, physician recommendation of exercise, weight, waist circumference

Steady and rapid improvement seen with dCBT-I during first three months, then fluctuated to six months

No adverse effects seen for antidepressant fulfillment; increases were seen in symptom screening

Furthermore, risk for fatal drug overdose lower with receipt of medications for opioid use disorder from opioid treatment programs

Researchers say their findings highlights the risks of referring to TikTok or social media as health information source