César Escobar-Viera MD, PhD

Dr. Escobar-Viera is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Program for Internet Delivered Interventions on LGBTQA+ Mental Health (PRIDE iM) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

He is a psychiatrist and health services researcher with a master's degree in public health. Dr. Escobar-Viera’s mission as a researcher is to contribute to reducing mental health disparities among sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth and young adults.

When not thinking about ways to improve LGBTQ+ people's mental health, he likes to spend time with his husband and their dog Benito, hiking, cooking and listening to 80s, 90s, and noughties music.

Education & Training

University of Pittsburgh

Representative Publications

A systematic review of the engagement with social media–delivered interventions for improving health outcomes among sexual and gender minorities, Jul 2021

Feasibility of mHealth interventions for depressive symptoms in Latin America: a systematic review, Jun 2021

Positive and Negative Social Media Experiences Among Young Adults With and Without Depressive Symptoms, Jun 2021

Association Between LGB Sexual Orientation and Depression Mediated by Negative Social Media Experiences: National Survey Study of US Young Adults, Dec 2020

Associations between Comparison on Social Media and Depressive Symptoms: A Study of Young Parents, Dec 2020

Temporal Associations Between Social Media Use and Depression, Dec 2020

Social Media as It Interfaces with Psychosocial Development and Mental Illness in Transitional Age Youth, Apr 2017

Problematic social media use and depressive symptoms among U.S. young adults: A nationally-representative study, Apr 2017

Research Interests

Clinical Psychiatry, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Mental Health, Health Services Research, Mobile Applications, Health Behavior, Health Outcomes, Mental Illness, Patient Reported Outcomes, Health Disparities

Research Grants

NIH