Dealing with my own mental health challenges, I know that I need to be alert to how I am dealing with the time that I am active on the web – but it does help to have access to sites that are useful and credible.

I guess it helps to have a few signs within communities that might steer those who are aware of their mood to be able to find these sites. Maybe there could be a small area on community sites to provide the addresses of such sites?

I agree with Rosemary, that there are many in RL who are indeed dealing with emotional troubles who may not have been included. However, the focus of the study appears to be limited to people already engaged in internet use. The broader picture is sobering with statistics here in Australia showing that depression will impact on more than one in five for both genders. What I am not sure is whether the internet is a negative feature of useage and engagement, or whether it is a level of engagement that decreases the sense of social isolation due to mood or absence of RL people that those coping with depression might feel more comfortable in accessing. The old neighbour hood communities are fractured and support is less likely in a neighbourhood where we don’t know those living near us. It makes the on line communities an obvious alternative to those needing a space to express and not feel invisible.
So much to think about here from a community manager perspective.

Great post Angela