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A Qualitative Analysis of Youth Responses to Depression Education Delivered on Social Media

NCT07100548 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2025-12-04

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Summary

Depression is a common mental disorder among adolescents, with increased rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite its high burden, few young people seek professional help due to, among other things, low mental health literacy and fear of stigma. Since most adolescents often seek health information online and use social media daily, the "ich bin alles" (English: "I am everything"; www.ich-bin-alles.de) project was launched to provide accessible, age-appropriate information about depression via a website and social media channels (e.g., Instagram). This study aims to understand how participants perceive and evaluate the social media channel "ich bin alles" (English: "I am everything"; https://www.instagram.com/ich.bin.alles/).

Conditions

  • Depressive Disorder
  • Depression - Major Depressive Disorder
  • Depression in Adolescence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

"ich bin alles" (English: "I am everything")

The web-based information platform "ich bin alles" (www.ich-bin-alles.de) on depression and mental health in youth as well as its social media channels were developed by the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Hospital together with the Prof. Otto Beisheim Foundation. It is aimed at youth with depression, healthy youth, and their parents. The project focuses on education, prevention, low-threshold support, and destigmatisation through the transfer of evidence-based knowledge and hands-on supportive materials. Information material on Instagram is posted four times a week in the form of a post, a longer explanatory video and two reels (i.e., short videos with overlays of text and music; https://www.instagram.com/ich.bin.alles/). All content is evidence-based information created by the research team and is primarily based on the "ich bin alles" page.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Prof. Otto Beisheim Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gerd Schulte-Körne, Prof. Dr. · Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, LMU University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-06-01
Primary Completion
2025-08-08
Completion
2025-08-08

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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