This work analyzes the conceptual metaphors of depression in a corpus of 23 blogs written
in Catalan by people suffering major depressive disorder. Its main aim was comparative, in …

People share not only positive but also distressing personal information on social media.
Although much work has been done to understand distress disclosure practices on social …

The aim of this scoping review of the available research evidence was to explore the
experiences and perceptions of people with mental health difficulties through the use of …

Background Depression raises a double challenge: besides the negative mood and the
intrusive thoughts, the relation to the self also becomes difficult. Online forums are analysed …

While depression is globally on the rise, the mental health sector struggles with handling the
increased number of cases, especially since the pandemic. These circumstances have …

Drawing on observations of a Chinese online depression community, this article explored
the members' sense making of depression by analyzing their narrative accounts of …

Background One of the most comprehensive approaches to depression is the
biopsychosocial model. From this wider perspective, social sciences have criticized the …

In this study, we document life stories of gay men who attempted suicide as adults. Our goal
is to expand the collection of narratives used to understand this persistent health inequity …

Mass media plays a central role in shaping public discourse on health and illness. In order
to examine media representations of mental health and expert knowledge in this field, two …

Depressive disorders are experienced by nearly one in five UK adults (National Institute for
Health and Care Excellence, 2015) and are estimated to affect over 300 million people …