Using social media can help prevent depression: study

A team of researchers led by Qi Yanling, a professor at Nankai University in Tianjin, analyzed data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. This ongoing panel survey focuses on Chinese residents aged 45 and older.

Using social media may help prevent or reduce the symptoms of depression among middle-aged and elderly people, according to a Chinese study published in the international Translational Psychiatry journal. (Xinhua photo)