Bipolar disorder and regretted behavior in relation to use of social media and online dating.

Objectives: Individuals with bipolar disorder are prone to risk-taking behavior that is subsequently regretted. Here, we investigated whether this also occurs in relation to the use of social media and online dating.

Methods: A questionnaire-based survey focusing on the use of social media and online dating was conducted among individuals attending an outpatient clinic for bipolar disorder, and among individuals attending two general practices in the same region (controls).

Use of social media and online dating among individuals with a history of affective disorder.

Objectives: To investigate how individuals with a history of affective disorder use and perceive their use of social media and online dating.

Methods: A questionnaire focusing on affective disorders and the use of social media and online dating was handed out to outpatients from unipolar depression and bipolar disorder clinics and general practice patients with or without a history of affective disorders (latter as controls). The association between affective disorders and use of social media and online dating was analysed using linear/logistic regression.