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Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1547) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2358) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1798) Mass Media/Social Media Communication and Campaigns (614) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1176) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (150) Mental Health Surveillance and Epidemiology (107) Loneliness and Social Isolation (162) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2571) JMH Theme Issue: COVID-19 and Mental Health: Impact and Interventions 2023 (410)

Published on in Vol 7, No 5 (2021): May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24623, first published .
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The Differential Effects of Social Media on Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation Among the Younger and Older Adult Population in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Population-Based Cross-sectional Survey Study

The Differential Effects of Social Media on Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation Among the Younger and Older Adult Population in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Population-Based Cross-sectional Survey Study

Authors of this article:

Xue Yang1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Benjamin H K Yip1 Author Orcid Image ;   Arthur D P Mak3 Author Orcid Image ;   Dexing Zhang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Eric K P Lee1 Author Orcid Image ;   Samuel Y S Wong1 Author Orcid Image
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Xue Yang   1, 2 , PhD ;   Benjamin H K Yip   1 , PhD ;   Arthur D P Mak   3 , MBChB, FRCPsych ;   Dexing Zhang   1 , PhD ;   Eric K P Lee   1 , MSc ;   Samuel Y S Wong   1 , MD, MPH

1 Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

2 The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China

3 Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

Corresponding Author:

  • Samuel Y S Wong, MD, MPH
  • Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital
  • 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, New Territories
  • Hong Kong
  • China (Hong Kong)
  • Phone: 852 2252 8488
  • Email: yeungshanwong@cuhk.edu.hk