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Supporting People Receiving Substance Use Treatment during COVID-19 through a Professional-Moderated Online Peer Support Group

Authors:

Ou Stella Liang,

Christopher C. Yang,

Richard E. Pointer,

Sharlene Irving,

Barbara Schindler,

David BennettAuthors Info & Claims

WWW '22: Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2022

Pages 673 - 676

https://doi.org/10.1145/3487553.3524698

Published: 16 August 2022 Publication History

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States. Individuals with a substance use disorder are vulnerable to relapse during times of acute stress. Online peer support communities (OPSCs) have the potential to decrease social isolation and increase social support for participants. In September 2020, we launched a private, professional-moderated OPSC using the Facebook Group platform to study its effects on the mental health wellness of women undergoing substance use treatment. This study was particularly meaningful as the participants were not able to join in-person treatment sessions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Preliminary findings indicate that study participants reported decreased loneliness and increased online social support three months after initiating the OPSC. They tended to interact with content initiated by a clinical professional more than those generated by peers.

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Supporting People Receiving Substance Use Treatment during COVID-19 through a Professional-Moderated Online Peer Support Group
1. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
      1. Social networks

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WWW '22: Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2022

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Venkatasubramanian KRanalli T(2024)Leveraging technology for post-abuse peer support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilitiesExtended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613905.3650993(1-7)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613905.3650993
Bagheri EInkpen DYang CZarrinkalam F(2023)Report on the 8th International Workshop on Mining Actionable Insights from Social Networks (MAISoN'22) - Special Edition on Mental Health and Social Media at TheWebConf 2022ACM SIGIR Forum10.1145/3636341.363634957:1(1-6)Online publication date: 4-Dec-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3636341.3636349

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