SOCIAL MEDIA AND DEPRESSIVE EPISODES.

Introduction and Aim: Due to the increase involvement of social media in our daily activity, we conducted a survey to see the correlation between social media use and development of depression. Design of survey:A Questioner paper was filled by randomly selected individuals.Data was collected with a total number of 283 subject and was analyzed using SPSS software program. Results:According to our results, (45%) of the subjects (n=258) met the criteria of a depressive episode due to social media use. The data shows that there is no significant correlation between development of a depressive episode due to social media use and the other variables, except awareness, where there is a significant p value (p =0.04) and a negative r value (r = -0.128). Conclusion:We conclude that there is a link between development on a depressive episode from usage of social media and awareness, which signifies the importance of spreading public awareness on social media effect on psychological health.