Understanding the Impacts of Online Mental Health Peer Support Forums: Realist Synthesis
Paul Marshall,
Millissa Booth,
Matthew Coole
et al.
Abstract:Background
Online forums are widely used for mental health peer support. However, evidence of their safety and effectiveness is mixed. Further research focused on articulating the contexts in which positive and negative impacts emerge from forum use is required to inform innovations in implementation.
Objective
This study aimed to develop a realist program theory to explain the impacts of online mental health peer support forums on users.
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