A Social Media Study on Mental Health Status Transitions Surrounding Psychiatric Hospitalizations
| Autor: | Amir Bolous, Munmun De Choudhury, Sindhu Kiranmai Ernala, Michael L. Birnbaum, Kathan H. Kashiparekh, John Kane, Asra F Ali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Computer Networks and Communications Social reintegration Medical record Psychological intervention Stigma (botany) Behavioral pattern Mental illness medicine.disease Mental health Article Human-Computer Interaction medicine Social media Psychology Psychiatry Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Proc ACM Hum Comput Interact |
| ISSN: | 2573-0142 |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3449229 |
| Popis: | For people diagnosed with a mental illness, psychiatric hospitalization is one step in a long journey, consisting of clinical recovery such as removal of symptoms, and social reintegration involving resuming social roles and responsibilities, overcoming stigma and self-maintenance of the condition. Both clinical recovery and social reintegration need to go hand-in-hand for the overall well-being of individuals. However, research exploring social media for mental health has considered narrower, disjoint conceptualizations of people with mental illness - either as a patient or as a support-seeker. In this paper, we combine medical records with social media data of 254 consented individuals who have experienced a psychiatric hospitalization to address this gap. Adopting a theory-driven, Gaussian Mixture modeling approach, we provide a taxonomy of six heterogeneous behavioral patterns characterizing peoples' mental health status transitions around hospitalizations. Then we present an empirically derived framework, based on feedback from clinical researchers, to understand peoples' trajectories around clinical recovery and social reintegration. Finally, to demonstrate the utility of this taxonomy and the empirical framework, we assess social media signals that are indicative of individuals' reintegration trajectories post-hospitalization. We discuss the implications of combining peoples' clinical and social experiences in mental health care and the opportunities this intersection presents to post-discharge support and technology-based interventions for mental health. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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