The Role of Digital Media in Raising Awareness of Mental Health in Saudi Society
(A field study)
Abstract
The current research aimed to monitor and measure the role of digital media in raising awareness of mental health in Saudi society، with the aim of evaluating the quality of applications and platforms available on social media that are compatible with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 in providing mental health and addiction counseling services in complete confidentiality and how the public interacts with this. Platforms and their impact on the level of individuals’ awareness of their mental health، based on the descriptive approach، By using the questionnaire tool by applying it to a sample of (200) Saudis who use digital media، the results of the study showed that websites and social media are the main means used by individuals in Saudi society. To obtain information about mental health، it was also found that there is a need to increase awareness of mental health services available online in Saudi society، and that only (42%) of the participants were aware of these services، while (58%) were not aware of them، This suggests that there is a need for greater promotion and awareness of online psychological services to increase access and use. There is a statistically significant correlation between the interest of Saudi society، after the spread of digital media، in mental health issues and the increased awareness in Saudi society about mental health، The results also indicated that there were statistically significant differences in the degree of use of digital media to raise awareness of mental health among the respondents attributable to the educational level variable، while there were no statistically significant differences attributable to the rest of the demographic variables of the respondents in the degree of their use of digital media.
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