Online Groups and Patient Forums

Online mental health support forums are becoming increasingly popular and there is evidence that they are useful: particularly for providing anonymous support and filling information gaps. However, there are also very real concerns about negative outcomes for users. One online mental health service,...

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Autores principales: Dosani, Sabina, Harding, Claire, Wilson, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2014
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Psychiatry in the Digital Age (JS Luo, Section Editor)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4182653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25273668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11920-014-0507-3
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description Online mental health support forums are becoming increasingly popular and there is evidence that they are useful: particularly for providing anonymous support and filling information gaps. However, there are also very real concerns about negative outcomes for users. One online mental health service, Big White Wall, manages these risks and supports its members through the provision of 24 hour professional moderation. Comparison of Big White Wall’s member population with the population of one London borough shows a diverse user group, but members are more likely to be female, and aged 25 to 34, or unemployed.
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spelling pubmed-41826532014-10-06 Online Groups and Patient Forums Dosani, Sabina Harding, Claire Wilson, Simon Curr Psychiatry Rep Psychiatry in the Digital Age (JS Luo, Section Editor) Online mental health support forums are becoming increasingly popular and there is evidence that they are useful: particularly for providing anonymous support and filling information gaps. However, there are also very real concerns about negative outcomes for users. One online mental health service, Big White Wall, manages these risks and supports its members through the provision of 24 hour professional moderation. Comparison of Big White Wall’s member population with the population of one London borough shows a diverse user group, but members are more likely to be female, and aged 25 to 34, or unemployed. Springer US 2014-10-02 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4182653/ /pubmed/25273668 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11920-014-0507-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2014 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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