1. BLUES BUDDIES
social media against depression
a presentation by Playful Pandas

2. Statistics on depression are amazing,
in a bad way

3. Categories at special risk:
LBGT
Elderly
Pregnancy
Chronically Ill Teens
Addicts
Unemployed

4. What do we have now?
Forums Online Tools

5. Apps
Life management
apps
Information
Awareness
and meditation
Diagnostic
Tools Mood
Trackers

6. Therapy

7. Medication

8. The problem

9. Blues Buddies:
bridge the gap between online and offline life
create and/or reinforce social ties in one’s location
empower people to help each other

10. Connect through emotions

11. Find friends in your area

12. Get help and give help

13. Learn the ropes
Dealing with others is difficult
Healing is difficult
Life is difficult

14. Compassionate gamification
competition
leadership and leaderboards
rules
collectionism
INSTEAD
collaboration
playfulness creativity
share exchange
great for learning AND for behavior change!

15. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!
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