JeffL-T
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7 years ago Hi ktrujilli52,
Thank you for your project idea. It seems that you are in good company:
PsyPost’s psychology and neuroscience news website declares that “The patterns of Twitter use revealed by this data analysis suggest that social media could become a very important avenue to get mental health-related public health information to a wide audience.” http://www.psypost.org/2016/10/twitter-behavior-accompanies-mental-health-crises-45267
Also, the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association asserts that “Twitter can help facilitate “constructive engagement” between provider and patients while defying the limits of geography and time (Timimi, 2012b), and the provider-patient relationship would be taken to a whole new level.” https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renee_Repique/publication/262929840_Using_Tweets_to_Facilitate_the_Conversation_About_Evidence-Based_Psychiatric_and_Mental_Health_Care/links/54e0fe3f0cf2953c22b9713d.pdf?origin=publication_list
I can think of five ways that tweets could have a positive impact: o Promote awareness - such as though Mental Health America’s Sample Tweets: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/sites/default/files/MHM%202016%20Sample%20Tweets.pdf o Foster resilience through affirmations - such as through TWLOHA’s 17 Perfect Tweets: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/i-kept-living-twitter-world-suicide-prevention-day_us_57d31046e4b00642712d7fec o Encourage treatment seeking, such as through Mind: https://twitter.com/MindCharity o Align thinking toward a positive mindset - such as through Healthline: http://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/quotes o To deliver treatment-like tweets supporting CBT, rumination and dampening: https://storify.com/taylorpayne813/cognitivebehaviouraltherapy
Other resources:
- 33 Mental Health Experts on Twitter You Need to Follow: http://blog.capterra.com/33-mental-health-experts-on-twitter-you-need-to-follow/
- Best of Mental Health on Twitter: https://msw.usc.edu/mswusc-blog/best-mental-health-twitter/
Other development considerations:
- How can we incentivize veterans with MH challenges to subscribe to a MH twitter feed?
- Does the decision to subscribe to MH tweets risk unintentionally reinforcing mental health disorders as part of the subscribers' personal identities? Or is it a necessary step of acknowledgement in the healing process?
christyleos
Project: Develop a mobile app to display random tweets from a list of twitter accounts related to mental health. Problem: Mental health for Veterans
This app will help give Veterans access to tweets that will help them improve their mental health. Tweets may include tips and strategies to improve mental health as well as news pertaining to mental health.