From knowledge to hope: Online depression communities

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-30

  Nimrod, Galit ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Content analysis; Depression; Support groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMPOWERMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LIFE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WINTER; WORK;

EID: 84861676480     PISSN: 21910367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJDHD.2012.009     Document Type: Article

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