#Schizophrenia: Use and misuse on Twitter

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 165, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 111-115

  Joseph, Adam J ^a   Tandon, Neeraj ^a   Yang, Lawrence H ^b   Duckworth, Ken ^c   Torous, John ^a   Seidman, Larry J ^a   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c National Alliance on Mental Illness   (United States)

Author keywords

Schizophrenia; Social media; Stigma; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STIGMA; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84930045162     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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