{"title":"Social Media Use Among Emerging Adults With Psychosis: Oversights and Opportunities.","authors":"Ivy R Tran, Christi L Trask, Aubrey M Moe","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20240313","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social support improves outcomes for individuals after first-episode psychosis (FEP). Illness-related changes in social behavior (e.g., social anxiety, withdrawal, and stigma) may hinder such individuals' comfort with in-person interactions; however, online relationships may appeal to emerging adults (i.e., those ages 18-29 years) with FEP who frequently rely on and are facile with digital interactions. Despite the large footprint of the Internet in emerging adults' lives, little work has examined online social support for those with FEP. In this column, the authors suggest approaches that clinicians and researchers can take when assessing sources of social support to consider online relationships as potential alternatives to in-person interactions for emerging adults with FEP.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":" ","pages":"appips20240313"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychiatric services","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240313","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Social support improves outcomes for individuals after first-episode psychosis (FEP). Illness-related changes in social behavior (e.g., social anxiety, withdrawal, and stigma) may hinder such individuals' comfort with in-person interactions; however, online relationships may appeal to emerging adults (i.e., those ages 18-29 years) with FEP who frequently rely on and are facile with digital interactions. Despite the large footprint of the Internet in emerging adults' lives, little work has examined online social support for those with FEP. In this column, the authors suggest approaches that clinicians and researchers can take when assessing sources of social support to consider online relationships as potential alternatives to in-person interactions for emerging adults with FEP.
期刊介绍:
Psychiatric Services, established in 1950, is published monthly by the American Psychiatric Association. The peer-reviewed journal features research reports on issues related to the delivery of mental health services, especially for people with serious mental illness in community-based treatment programs. Long known as an interdisciplinary journal, Psychiatric Services recognizes that provision of high-quality care involves collaboration among a variety of professionals, frequently working as a team. Authors of research reports published in the journal include psychiatrists, psychologists, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, drug and alcohol treatment counselors, economists, policy analysts, and professionals in related systems such as criminal justice and welfare systems. In the mental health field, the current focus on patient-centered, recovery-oriented care and on dissemination of evidence-based practices is transforming service delivery systems at all levels. Research published in Psychiatric Services contributes to this transformation.