Investigating How People Who Self-harm Evaluate Web-Based Lived Experience Stories: Focus Group Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The positive and negative effects of interacting with web-based content on mental health, and especially self-harm, are well documented. Lived experience stories are one such type of static web-based content, frequently published on health care or third-sector organization websites, as well as social media and blogs, as a form of support for those seeking help via the web.

Objective

This study aimed to increase understanding about how people who self-harm engage with and evaluate web-based lived experience stories.

Methods

Overall, 4 web-based focus groups were conducted with 13 people with recent self-harm experience (aged 16-40 years). In total, 3 example lived experience stories were read aloud to participants, who were then asked to share their reaction

SUBMITTER: Winstone L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9929729 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature