Mental Health Professionals Are Prescribing Social Media Platform Meetup To Help Alleviate Depression & Anxiety

Mental health professionals are "prescribing" Meetup, a social media platform established in 2002 that strives to help people grow and achieve their personal or professional goals through authentic, human connections. Meetup can improve mental health according to new insight from therapists, studies and self-report by Meetup users. A recent study found that 80% of people who go to Meetup events feel more connected to others, 72% report an increase in friendships, and 74% said it made their lives better (74%), and 78% report increased self-confidence.

Meetup connects more than 60 million registered members with shared interests. There are . . .