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JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2452) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1349) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1641) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1041) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1727) Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1517) Anxiety and Stress Disorders (1053) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1363) JMH Theme Issue: COVID-19 and Mental Health: Impact and Interventions (383)

Published on in Vol 22, No 11 (2020): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/22600, first published .
Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Large-scale Quasi-Experimental Study on Social Media

Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Large-scale Quasi-Experimental Study on Social Media

Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Large-scale Quasi-Experimental Study on Social Media

Authors of this article:

Koustuv Saha1 Author Orcid Image ;   John Torous2 Author Orcid Image ;   Eric D Caine3 Author Orcid Image ;   Munmun De Choudhury1 Author Orcid Image
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