A Social Media Study on Mental Health Status Transitions Surrounding Psychiatric Hospitalizations.

For people diagnosed with a mental illness, psychiatric hospitalization is one step in a long journey, consisting of such as removal of symptoms, and involving resuming social roles and responsibilities, overcoming stigma and self-maintenance of the condition. Both clinical recovery and social reintegration need to go hand-in-hand for the overall well-being of individuals. However, research exploring social media for mental health has considered narrower, disjoint conceptualizations of people with mental illness - either as a patient or as a support-seeker.