IS REDDIT HELPING MENTAL ILLNESS?
You’d be challenged to find many in the medical field who refer to Reddit as an advocate for mental health. Albeit a recent study has found that the platform’s social media interaction has supplied organic safe ground for users wrestling with various emotional and cognitive challenges. Below is an excerpt from a Futurism.com article on the study:
“For that study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), the researchers analyzed the language used by subscribers on the subreddit over time, looking at such linguistic dimensions as “positive emotion,” “negative emotion,” and “sadness.” They concluded that users’ language improved in nine of 10 categories, suggesting r/depression prompted a “positive emotion change” in users.
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