How Does an Online Mental Health Community on Twitter Empower Diverse Population Levels and Groups? A Qualitative Analysis of #BipolarClub.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media, including online health communities (OHCs), are widely used among both healthy people and those with health conditions. Platforms like Twitter (recently renamed X) have become powerful tools for online mental health communities (OMHCs), enabling users to exchange information, express feelings, and socialize. Recognized as empowering processes, these activities could empower mental health consumers, their families and friends, and society. However, it remains unclear how OMHCs empower diverse population levels and groups.

Objective

This study aimed to develop an understanding of how empowerment processes are conducted within OMHCs on Twitter by identifying members who shape these communities, detecting the types of empowerment processes aligned with t

SUBMITTER: AbouWarda H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11369525 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature