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Your Instagram posts may hold clues to your mental health

Depressed participants were more likely to post photos containing a face and use fewer filters

Instagram is where young Indians come to bare their soul
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As strangers online become one’s community, people prefer Instagram as a medium to discuss sexuality, art and politics

Niraj Chokshi | NYT
The photos you share online speak volumes. They can serve as a form of self-expression or a record of travel. They can reflect your style and your quirks. But they might convey even more than you realize: The photos you share may hold clues to your mental health, new research suggests.

From the colours and faces in their photos to the enhancements they make before posting them, Instagram users with a history of depression seem to present the world differently from their peers, according to the study, published this week in the journal EPJ Data Science.

“People in our sample
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