Potential benefits and harms of a peer support social network service on the internet for people with depressive tendencies: Qualitative content analysis and social network analysis

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Takahashi, Yoshimitsu ^a,b   Uchida, Chiyoko ^c   Miyaki, Koichi ^a,d   Sakai, Michi ^a,b   Shimbo, Takuro ^b   Nakayama, Takeo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Depression; Internet; Mixed methods; Peer support; Qualitative method; Social network; Social network service (SNS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIANGULATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149131700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1142     Document Type: Article

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