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    PRIDE iM

    Using technology-delivered interventions to combat negative mental health among LGBTQ populations.

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    For Practitioners

    Our aim is to enhance the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth through evidence-based social media integration research, aiming to facilitate adoption by researchers, practitioners, and caregivers.

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    For Youth

    LGBTQ+ youth play a vital role as research partners, whose shared insights from their engagement with social media contributes to shaping mental health solutions.

Who We Are

By researching social media's influence over LGBTQ+ people's mental health, our lab aims to:

  1. reduce mental health disparities for sexual and gender minorities;

  2. share research in an easily digestible way so all audiences can learn from;

  3. develop & test interventions that prevent bad mental health outcomes.

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Announcements

Stay up to date with the latest news and announcements related to the lab, like conferences, research grants updates, and new papers published!

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Social Media Complexities

Social media isn't going anywhere, for better or worse. Read our past studies about how social media can offer protection against symptoms of depression and loneliness for people with marginalized identities. 

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Recruiting Participants

How does social media impact feelings of connectedness? Isolation? Currently enrolling study participants to take 4 surveys over 6 months. Get paid to share your experience!

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Now Recruiting!

Are you between the ages 13-21? We are seeking participants to share how social media use impacts mental and behavioral health. Interested? Click below.

Learn More

2020 Est. in Pittsburgh
13 Collaborators Across the U.S.
3 Ongoing Studies
19 NIH Articles Published