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Wikipedia: the best resource for mental health

Wikipedia is the most highly rated resource among online and print materials on depression and schizophrenia, a study has revealed.

Experts rated content according to accuracy, currency, breadth of coverage, referencing and readability and found that Wikipedia was generally as good or even better than other resources.

Despite the negative reputation of its accuracy, researchers say the study shows Wikipedia can now be trusted to a reasonable extent.

Read more at University of Melbourne

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