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Online pathways of depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M. Roque Pereira  and
J. Pio Abreu
M. Roque Pereira
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Centro Hospitalar de Entre Douro e Vouga, EPE, Santa Maria da Feira, Coimbra, Portugal Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
J. Pio Abreu
Affiliation:
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Abstract

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Objectives

Evaluation of concepts and reactions on a public online forum concerning depression.

Methods

Revision of 100 consecutive entries posted using an adapted Collazzi method.

Results

Comments were divided according to their content and the main subjects found were symptomatology, suicide, therapeutic advice and concerns about medication, psychotherapy and alternative therapies. The effect of a support group was found to be present based on the comments to each individual post by diminishing loneliness and deconstructing desperation. Non-therapeutic opinions were expressed and there were high levels os expressed emotion.

Conclusion

The absence of a ealth professional as group moderator may lead to conflict and misleading remarks.

Type
P02-86
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 681
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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