Article review: Automated text analysis of topics represented on depression forums using the biopsychosocial model of depression
Abstract
Online depression forums hold many potentials: beside providing information to those, who have otherwise difficulties of seeking advice; they also play a much needed intermediator role by translating expert knowledge to lay language, which is particularly important in the process of establishing acceptable ‘illness narratives’; finally, they provide peer support, which has the potential of establishing missing intersubjectivities. The aim of the research is to analyze the specific discursive functions of the biomedical, psychological and social narratives.
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