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Exploring the barriers and facilitators to discussing social media in primary care for young adults with mental health concerns: a qualitative study

Ruth Plackett, Iris van der Scheer, Jessica-Mae Steward, Vacha Fadia, Jessica Sheringham, Silvie Cooper, Lucy Biddle, Judi Kidger, Patricia Schartau and Kate Walters
BJGP Open 3 February 2026; BJGPO.2025.0196. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0196

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BJGPO.2025.0196
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0196
PubMed 
41633755
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Royal College of General Practitioners
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  • Received September 16, 2025
  • Revision received December 5, 2025
  • Accepted January 22, 2026
  • Published online February 3, 2026.
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Copyright © 2026, The Authors This article is Open Access: CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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  1. Ruth Plackett1,2,
  2. Iris van der Scheer2,
  3. Jessica-Mae Steward2,
  4. Vacha Fadia3,
  5. Jessica Sheringham2,
  6. Silvie Cooper2,
  7. Lucy Biddle4,
  8. Judi Kidger4,
  9. Patricia Schartau2,5 and
  10. Kate Walters2
  1. 1 Department of AI in Preventative Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK
  2. 2 Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, UK
  3. 3 UCL Medical School, University College London, London, UK
  4. 4 Bristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  5. 5 Centre for Primary Care University Hospital Regensburg & University of Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
  1. *For correspondence:
    Ruth Plackett, ruth.l.plackett{at}kcl.ac.uk

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Exploring the barriers and facilitators to discussing social media in primary care for young adults with mental health concerns: a qualitative study
Ruth Plackett, Iris van der Scheer, Jessica-Mae Steward, Vacha Fadia, Jessica Sheringham, Silvie Cooper, Lucy Biddle, Judi Kidger, Patricia Schartau, Kate Walters
BJGP Open 3 February 2026; BJGPO.2025.0196. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0196
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