What is it about?
We made a random sample of 9000 tweets relating to different illnesses, including mental disorders, non-communicable somatic disorders, and communicable disorders. We then used a computer program to examine the affective content (the emtional language) used in the tweets and we also examined whether they were supportive or not.
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Why is it important?
Tweets on breast cancer were more often supportive, While tweets on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were more often non-supportive. Tweets on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder also most frequently contained negative emotional language.
Perspectives
While many tweets are supportive of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, our study suggests that Twitter is not necessarily a source of support for these patient groups.
Professor Rolf Wynn
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
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This page is a summary of: Tweets are not always supportive of patients with mental disorders, International Journal of Integrated Care, July 2017, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.,
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.3261.
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