The relationship between social networks and health encompasses everything from the flow
of pathogens and information to the diffusion of beliefs and behaviors. This review …

Background: Adolescence and early adulthood are critical periods for the development of
mental disorders. Online peer-to-peer communication is popular among young people and …

Technological innovations are creating new products, services, and markets that satisfy
enduring consumer needs. These technological innovations create value for consumers and …

Treatments have been developed and tested to successfully reduce the symptoms and
disabilities of many mental illnesses. Unfortunately, people distressed by these illnesses …

OBJECTIVE: Social support has a positive influence on women's childbearing experience
and is shown to be a preventive factor in postpartum depression. This study examined the …

Using the Internet to obtain health information (“online health research,” OHR) is
commonplace. This article provides a systematic narrative review of evidence concerning …

An increasing number of online support groups (OSGs) have embraced the features of
social networking. So far, little is known about how patients use and benefit from these …

An increasing number of psychological interventions are shifting to online modes of delivery.
One such intervention is peer-to-peer support, which in this context may provide internet …

Abstract Objective Many healthcare organizations (HCOs) including Kaiser Permanente,
Johns Hopkins, Cleveland Medical Center, and MD Anderson Cancer Center, provide …

Purpose of review Social media is increasingly utilized by patients to educate themselves on
a disease process and to find hospital, physicians, and physician networks most capable of …