Mental Health and Social Media – is this the perfect storm? I recently ran a Mental Health Awareness training workshop for a brilliant group of people.  One of the key questions was “is Social Media undermining mental health”.  Following on from the course, I felt the need to write a blog and unpick this very timely question more thoroughly.  Answering the question: is social media undermining mental health? First the science:  Research on Social Media undermining Mental Health There are numerous studies about Social Media undermining our mental health. A study published in Current Opinion in Psychology showed envying your friends on Facebook can  lead to depression. The study showed: […]