Using social media for support and feedback by mental health service users: Thematic analysis of a twitter conversation

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Sanders, Caroline ^a   Doyle, Michael ^a   Shaw, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental disorder; Service provision; Social media; Support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEAMWORK; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY;

FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84928671173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0408-y     Document Type: Article

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