Public perceptions and emotional trends of psychotherapy: a 15-year analysis across English and Spanish language communities on X (twitter).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health disorders have been rising globally, and social media platforms provide a unique opportunity to examine public perceptions of psychotherapy. However, little is known about how different therapeutic modalities are discussed across linguistic and cultural contexts.

Objective

To analyse how psychotherapies are discussed on X (formerly Twitter) over a 15-year period, comparing thematic content and emotional tone between English and Spanish-speaking communities' tweets.

Methods

We collected 102,946 public tweets from 2008 to 2022, including 76,878 in English (74.7%) and 26,068 in Spanish (25.3%), related to four therapies: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Therapy (PAT), and N

SUBMITTER: Goena J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12748249 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature