Alvarez-Mon Miguel A, Fernandez-Lazaro Cesar Ignacio, Ortega Miguel A, Vidal Cristina, Molina-Ruiz Rosa M, Alvarez-Mon Melchor, Martínez-González Miguel A
Department of Medicine and Medical Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Spain.
Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 May 18;13:871113. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.871113. eCollection 2022.
The Internet has become the main source of information on health issues, and information now determines the therapeutic preferences of patients. For this reason, it is relevant to analyze online information discussing psychotherapy.
To investigate tweets posted by 25 major US media outlets between 2009 and 2019 concerning psychotherapy.
We investigated tweets posted by 25 major US media outlets about psychotherapy between January 2009 and December 2019 as well as the likes generated. In addition, we measured the sentiment analysis of these tweets.
Most of the tweets analyzed focused on Mindfulness (5,498), while a low number were related to Psychoanalysis (376) and even less to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (61). Surprisingly, Computer-supported therapy, Psychodynamic therapy, Systemic therapy, Acceptance and commitment therapy, and Dialectical behavior therapy did not generate any tweet. In terms of content, efficacy was the main focus of the posted tweets, receiving Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness a positive appraisal.
US media outlets focused their interest on Mindfulness which may have contributed to the growing popularity in the past years of this therapeutic modality.
互联网已成为健康问题信息的主要来源，而信息如今决定着患者的治疗偏好。因此，分析讨论心理治疗的在线信息具有重要意义。
调查2009年至2019年间美国25家主要媒体发布的有关心理治疗的推文。
我们调查了2009年1月至2019年12月期间美国25家主要媒体发布的有关心理治疗的推文及其获得的点赞数。此外，我们还对这些推文进行了情感分析。
分析的大多数推文聚焦于正念疗法（5498条），而涉及精神分析的推文数量较少（376条），与认知行为疗法相关的推文更少（61条）。令人惊讶的是，计算机辅助治疗、心理动力疗法、系统疗法、接纳与承诺疗法以及辩证行为疗法均未产生任何推文。在内容方面，疗效是所发布推文的主要关注点，认知行为疗法和正念疗法得到了积极评价。
美国媒体将兴趣集中在正念疗法上，这可能促成了这种治疗方式在过去几年中日益普及。
