LGBTQ+ people have received increased attention in HCI research, paralleling a greater
emphasis on social justice in recent years. However, there has not been a systematic review …

Stressful life events are viewed as the leading cause of psychological distress. Self-
disclosure, however, could buffer the deleterious impact of stress on mental health. Recent …

Support seeking in stigmatized contexts is useful when the discloser receives the desired
response, but it also entails social risks. Thus, people do not always disclose or seek …

Seeking and providing support is challenging. When people disclose sensitive information,
audience responses can substantially impact the discloser's wellbeing. We use mixed …

Self-disclosure is rewarding and provides significant benefits for individuals, but it also
involves risks, especially in social media settings. We conducted an online experiment to …

People with health concerns go to online health support groups to obtain help and advice.
To do so, they frequently disclose personal details, many times in public. Although research …

We explore peer support mechanisms in patriarchal contexts where a woman's movements,
social relations and the seeking of support are restricted. We investigate the use of closed …

Understanding how and why people share negative emotions and thoughts on social media
has received much scholarly attention. Scholars have identified a variety of factors that affect …

Menstruation has long remained a conversational taboo across India, resulting in
inadequate dissemination of menstrual health education (MHE). Menstrupedia, a digital …

Introduction Opioid misuse is a public health crisis in the US, and misuse of synthetic opioids
such as fentanyl have driven the most recent waves of opioid-related deaths. Because those …