Social Media-Based Brief Video Interventions to Support Youths' Mental Health

Psychiatr Serv. 2025 Jan 1;76(1):95-98. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240093. Epub 2024 Jul 10.

Abstract

Social media platforms are communication forums with potential benefits and disadvantages for youths' mental health. In this column, the author focuses on two main themes. First, recognizing the need for carefully crafted interventions, the author advocates for the use of crowdsourcing platforms to test and refine social media-based video content. These platforms enable the development of engaging, safe, and stigma-reducing videos tailored to meet the needs of diverse youths. Second, the author proposes the establishment of strategic frameworks designed to empower youths to produce and share these videos effectively, enhancing the positive effect of social media on mental health discourse.

Keywords: intervention; self-help; social media; stigma/discrimination; video.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Crowdsourcing / methods
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Social Media*
  • Social Stigma
  • Video Recording