Social networking sites: An adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problems
Background: Social networking is seen as a way to enhance social support and feeling of well-being. The present work explores the potentials of social networking sites as an adjunctive treatment modality for initiating treatment contact as well as for managing psychological problems. Materials and M...
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| author | Indu S Menon Manoj Kumar Sharma Prabha S Chandra K Thennarasu |
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| description | Background: Social networking is seen as a way to enhance social support and feeling of well-being. The present work explores the potentials of social networking sites as an adjunctive treatment modality for initiating treatment contact as well as for managing psychological problems. Materials and Methods: Interview schedule, Facebook intensity questionnaire were administered on 28 subjects with a combination of 18 males and 10 females. They were taken from the in-patient and out-patient psychiatry setting of the hospital. Results: Facebook was the most popular sites and used to seek emotional support on the basis of the frequent updates of emotional content that users put in their profile; reconciliations, escape from the problems or to manage the loneliness; getting information about illness and its treatment and interaction with experts and also manifested as problematic use. Conclusions: It has implications for developing social networking based adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-762f7efb7efb4d62820060b24b1aac942022-12-21T18:31:27ZengSAGE PublishingIndian Journal of Psychological Medicine0253-71762014-01-0136326026310.4103/0253-7176.135374Social networking sites: An adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problemsIndu S MenonManoj Kumar SharmaPrabha S ChandraK ThennarasuBackground: Social networking is seen as a way to enhance social support and feeling of well-being. The present work explores the potentials of social networking sites as an adjunctive treatment modality for initiating treatment contact as well as for managing psychological problems. Materials and Methods: Interview schedule, Facebook intensity questionnaire were administered on 28 subjects with a combination of 18 males and 10 females. They were taken from the in-patient and out-patient psychiatry setting of the hospital. Results: Facebook was the most popular sites and used to seek emotional support on the basis of the frequent updates of emotional content that users put in their profile; reconciliations, escape from the problems or to manage the loneliness; getting information about illness and its treatment and interaction with experts and also manifested as problematic use. Conclusions: It has implications for developing social networking based adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problems.http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2014;volume=36;issue=3;spage=260;epage=263;aulast=MenonAdjunctive treatmentpsychological problemssocial networking sites |
| spellingShingle | Indu S Menon Manoj Kumar Sharma Prabha S Chandra K Thennarasu Social networking sites: An adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problems Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine Adjunctive treatment psychological problems social networking sites |
| title | Social networking sites: An adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problems |
| title_full | Social networking sites: An adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problems |
| title_fullStr | Social networking sites: An adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social networking sites: An adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problems |
| title_short | Social networking sites: An adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problems |
| title_sort | social networking sites an adjunctive treatment modality for psychological problems |
| topic | Adjunctive treatment psychological problems social networking sites |
| url | http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2014;volume=36;issue=3;spage=260;epage=263;aulast=Menon |
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