Young adults with mental health conditions and social networking websites: Seeking tools to build community.

Gowen, L. Kris; Deschaine, Matthew; Gruttadara, Darcy; Markey, Dana

doi:10.2975/35.3.2012.245.250

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“…Indeed, virtually all the blogs studied were written about one's personal experience with a disease or disability, again, from the perspective of either a patient/consumer or caregiver. Thus, it would seem that mental-health blogs may be used to create support networks and, perhaps, to enlighten others, including providers, about the experiences of people impacted by mental illness (Bauer, Bauer, Spiessl, & Kagerbauer, 2013;Cohen, 2007;Gowen, Deschaine, Gruttadara, & Markey, 2012;Ressler et al, 2012;Wehbe-Alamah & Wolgamott, 2014).…”

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Life and Death in the Mental-Health Blogosphere: An Analysis of Blog Content and Survival

Miller¹,

Pole²,

Usidame³

2015

World Medical &Amp; Health Policy

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The purpose of this study was to describe a sample of mental-health blogs, to determine the proportion of sampled blogs still posting several years after identification, and to identify the correlates of survival. One hundred eighty-eight mental-health blogs were identified in 2007-08 and revisited in 2014. Eligible blogs were U.S.-based, in English, and active. Baseline characteristics and survival status were described and variation based on blog focus and survival examined. Mental-health bloggers tended to be females blogging as patients and caregivers focusing on specific mental illnesses/conditions. The proportion of blogs still active at follow-up ranged from 25.5 percent to 30.3 percent depending on the definition of survival employed. Factors associated with survival included sponsorship/advertising and assumption of a professional/caregiving rather than patient/consumer perspective. Because professionally authored blogs with sponsorship/advertising tend to be longer lived, they may have disproportionate impact on the help-seeking behavior of individuals referred to them by search engine results. This suggests the need to promulgate and adhere to rules governing disclosure of real or perceived conflicts of interest, particularly given the growing use of industry paid/driven content.

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Life and Death in the Mental-Health Blogosphere: An Analysis of Blog Content and Survival

Miller¹,

Pole²,

Usidame³

2015

World Medical &Amp; Health Policy

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“…Furthermore, the age of the person affects his/her general interest in health-related matters [46]. Third, there are high rates of social media use by individuals who experience mental health problems [47,48]. Fourth, it is also possible that health professionals and provider communities may show a greater interest in mental diseases and contribute to the dissemination of this information.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Increasing Interest of Mass Communication Media and the General Public in the Distribution of Tweets About Mental Disorders: Observational Study (Preprint)

Alvarez-Mon¹,

Barco²,

Lahera³

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Background: The contents of classical communication media and new Internet social media reflect the interests of society. Barriers and a lack of attention for mental diseases have been previously observed. Objective: To measure the relevance given by the main American social communication media (ASCM) to psychiatric information and the interest generated in their Twitter followers. Methods: We investigated the tweets generated about mental health conditions and disease by 15 main United States of America (USA) general communication media from January 2007 to December 2016. Our study strategy focused on identifying several psychiatric terms of main interest. The number of retweets generated by the selected tweets was also investigated. For a control, we used tweets generated about the main causes of death in the USA, the main chronic neurological degenerative diseases and infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Results: In total, 13,119 tweets sent by the ASCM about mental health disorders show a heterogeneous distribution with preferential accumulation in a reduced number of conditions. Suicide and gender dysphoria accumulated half of the number of sent tweets. Variability in the number of tweets related to each control disease was also found (5,998). The number of tweets sent regarding each different psychiatric or organic disease analyzed was significantly correlated with the number of retweets generated by followers (1,030,974 and 424,813 responses to metal health disorders and organic diseases, respectively). However, the probability of a tweet being retweeted was statistically different between the conditions and diseases analyzed. Furthermore, the retweeted/tweet ratio was significantly higher in psychiatric diseases than in the control organic diseases (OR=1.11 [1.07-1.14], p<0.001). Conclusions: According to the use of Twitter, the ASCM and the general public demonstrate a preferential interest for psychiatric diseases. The heterogeneous weight given by the ASCM to the different mental health disorders and conditions is reflected in the response of Twitter followers.

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“…Over 70 percent of young adults and 40 percent of adults over age 30 in the United States use social networks [41]. Pertinently, in a survey distributed to young adults with a mental health diagnosis who were involved with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the majority (94%) reported use of social networking sites [42]. Christensen et al noted significant variability in quality of social networking sites for the treatment of PTSD as well as other anxiety and mood disorders [43].…”

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E-mental health preferences of Veterans with and without probable posttraumatic stress disorder

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Young adults with mental health conditions and social networking websites: Seeking tools to build community.

Cited by 138 publications

References 14 publications

Life and Death in the Mental-Health Blogosphere: An Analysis of Blog Content and Survival

Life and Death in the Mental-Health Blogosphere: An Analysis of Blog Content and Survival

Increasing Interest of Mass Communication Media and the General Public in the Distribution of Tweets About Mental Disorders: Observational Study (Preprint)

E-mental health preferences of Veterans with and without probable posttraumatic stress disorder

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