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Social media does not cause depression in children (norwegianscitechnews.com)

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[–] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It also doesn't help that the way they decided who is depressed and who isn't is by asking the participants to fill out a questionnaire which isn't anonymous (or at the very least it isn't mentioned in the article). Some depressed people will never admit that they are depressed, a lot of them spend their entire lives "wearing masks" to hide it. I'm miserable and pray that a truck would run me over every morning but I still show up with a smile to the office.

[–] irdc@derp.foo 1 points 2 years ago

From reading the scientific publication I gather that they use the DSM criteria for depression.