Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada.
McGill University Psychiatry Perceptions of Emerging Technologies Labs, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Psychiatr Q. 2015 Dec;86(4):597-602. doi: 10.1007/s11126-015-9358-2.
The literature has seen a surge in research on the mental health impacts of technologies such as Facebook, Twitter and other social media, but little is known regarding how mental health workers perceive patients and clients who report use of such technologies. The present study examines how psychiatrists perceive social media and whether they make use of it. Psychiatrists (N = 48) at a tertiary care centre in Canada completed a questionnaire assessing history of using social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook and Google Plus and status update sites (SUSs) such as Twitter and Livejournal and whether they associate them with psychopathology. 38.5 % have used SNSs and 9.8 % have used SUSs. Only 37 % believed there was an association between psychopathology and SNSs while 33 % believed there was an association between psychopathology and SUSs. Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed.
文献中涌现出大量关于 Facebook、Twitter 等社交媒体等技术对心理健康影响的研究，但对于心理健康工作者如何看待报告使用此类技术的患者和客户，知之甚少。本研究探讨了精神科医生如何看待社交媒体，以及他们是否在使用社交媒体。加拿大一家三级保健中心的精神科医生（N=48）完成了一份调查问卷，评估他们使用 Facebook 和 Google Plus 等社交网络（SNS）和 Twitter 和 Livejournal 等状态更新网站（SUS）的历史，以及他们是否将这些网站与精神病理学联系起来。38.5%的人使用过 SNS，9.8%的人使用过 SUS。只有 37%的人认为精神病理学与 SNS 之间存在关联，而 33%的人认为精神病理学与 SUS 之间存在关联。讨论了对临床实践和未来研究的影响。
