Measuring attitudes towards mental health using social media: investigating stigma and trivialisation

ConclusionsOur findings show that mental health stigma is common on social media. Trivialisation is also common, suggesting that while society may be more open to discussing mental health problems, care should be taken to ensure this is done appropriately. This study further demonstrates the potential for social media to be used to measure the general public ’s attitudes towards mental health conditions.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00127-018-1571-5

Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - August 1, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research