Spending time on the Internet significantly reduces depression...
Spending time on the Internet significantly reduces depression in seniors, the Phoenix Center said in a report released Friday (http://pwc.to/ZO5QaL). The study found a 34 percent reduction in depression in older Americans, a slightly larger reduction than the 20-28 percent…
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reduction in its 2009 study. The report advocates expanding programs that provide Internet access to senior citizens in an effort to decrease the $100 billion spent in the U.S. each year to treat depression. “The positive mental health consequences of Internet use demonstrate, in part, the value of demand stimulus programs aimed at older Americans, and such benefits should part of a more thorough cost-benefit analysis of such efforts,” said study author George Ford. The report expanded its findings from 2009 by expanding the dataset and applying statistical methods.