{"title":"Does the Internet offer social opportunities for individuals with schizophrenia? A cross-sectional pilot study","authors":"Yaniv Spinzy , Uri Nitzan , Gideon Becker , Yuval Bloch , Shmuel Fennig","doi":"10.1016/j.psychres.2012.02.022","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Web-browsing habits of 143 individuals with psychotic disorders were compared to individuals with non-psychotic disorders (</span><em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->118) and healthy volunteers (<em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <span><span>100). The psychotic group created social interactions via Internet use similarly to the control groups. Individuals with </span>schizophrenia benefit from Internet use, as it bypasses some of their social difficulties.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":20819,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatry Research","volume":"198 2","pages":"Pages 319-320"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9000,"publicationDate":"2012-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.psychres.2012.02.022","citationCount":"36","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychiatry Research","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178112001047","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHIATRY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Web-browsing habits of 143 individuals with psychotic disorders were compared to individuals with non-psychotic disorders (n = 118) and healthy volunteers (n = 100). The psychotic group created social interactions via Internet use similarly to the control groups. Individuals with schizophrenia benefit from Internet use, as it bypasses some of their social difficulties.
期刊介绍:
Psychiatry Research offers swift publication of comprehensive research reports and reviews within the field of psychiatry.
The scope of the journal encompasses:
Biochemical, physiological, neuroanatomic, genetic, neurocognitive, and psychosocial determinants of psychiatric disorders.
Diagnostic assessments of psychiatric disorders.
Evaluations that pursue hypotheses about the cause or causes of psychiatric diseases.
Evaluations of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic psychiatric treatments.
Basic neuroscience studies related to animal or neurochemical models for psychiatric disorders.
Methodological advances, such as instrumentation, clinical scales, and assays directly applicable to psychiatric research.