Cavazos-Rehg Patricia A, Krauss Melissa J, Sowles Shaina J, Connolly Sarah, Rosas Carlos, Bharadwaj Meghana, Grucza Richard, Bierut Laura J
1 Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Crisis. 2017 Jan;38(1):44-52. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000409. Epub 2016 Jul 22.
Social networking about depression can be indicative of self-reported depression and/or can normalize risk behaviors such as self-harm and suicidal ideation.
To gain a better understanding of the depression, self-harm, and suicidal content that is being shared on Tumblr.
From April 16 to May 10, 2014, 17 popular depression-related Tumblr accounts were monitored for new posts and engagement with other Tumblr users. A total of 3,360 posts were randomly selected from all historical posts from these accounts and coded based on themes ascertained by the research team.
The 17 Tumblr accounts posted a median number of 185 posts (range = 0-2,954). Content was engaged with (i.e., re-blogged or liked) a median number of 1,677,362 times (range = 0-122,186,504). Of the 3,360 randomly selected posts, 2,739 (82%) were related to depression, suicide, or self-harm. Common themes were self-loathing (412, 15%), loneliness/feeling unloved (405, 15%), self-harm (407, 15%), and suicide (372, 14%).
This study takes an important first step at better understanding the displayed depression-related references on Tumblr. The findings signal a need for suicide prevention efforts to intervene on Tumblr and use this platform in a strategic way, given the depression and suicidal content that was readily observed on Tumblr.
关于抑郁症的社交网络交流可能表明自我报告的抑郁症，和/或可能使诸如自我伤害和自杀念头等风险行为正常化。
更好地了解在汤博乐（Tumblr）上分享的抑郁症、自我伤害及自杀相关内容。
2014年4月16日至5月10日，对17个汤博乐上与抑郁症相关的热门账号进行监测，以获取新发布的帖子以及与其他汤博乐用户的互动情况。从这些账号的所有历史帖子中随机选取3360篇帖子，并根据研究团队确定的主题进行编码。
这17个汤博乐账号发布帖子的中位数为185篇（范围 = 0 - 2954篇）。内容被互动（即被转发或点赞）的中位数为1677362次（范围 = 0 - 122186504次）。在随机选取的3360篇帖子中，2739篇（82%）与抑郁症、自杀或自我伤害相关。常见主题包括自我厌恶（412篇，15%）、孤独/感觉不被爱（405篇，15%）、自我伤害（407篇，15%）和自杀（372篇，14%）。
本研究朝着更好地理解汤博乐上展示的与抑郁症相关的内容迈出了重要的第一步。鉴于在汤博乐上很容易观察到抑郁症和自杀相关内容，研究结果表明需要开展自杀预防工作，以便在汤博乐上进行干预并以战略方式利用这个平台。
