Internet Confessions of Postpartum Depression

Kantrowitz‐Gordon, Ira

doi:10.3109/01612840.2013.806618

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“…In line with our findings regarding previous live births and pregnancy anxiety, we suggest that future studies explore pregnancy anxiety in relation to already having additional children and other family stresses. Following up on our findings linking previous elective abortion to future pregnancy anxiety, we suggest that future studies explore factors mediating this association such as shame and guilt, as addressing these feelings has the potential to reduce both pregnancy anxiety and postpartum depression [57][58][59]. Finally, to further disentangle the relative effects of different aspects of pregnancy history and other predictors of pregnancy anxiety, further research using larger data sets is needed.…”

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confidence: 86%

Previous pregnancy outcomes and subsequent pregnancy anxiety in a Quebec prospective cohort

Shapiro

Séguin

Muckle

et al. 2017

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

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confidence: 86%

Previous pregnancy outcomes and subsequent pregnancy anxiety in a Quebec prospective cohort

Shapiro

Séguin

Muckle

et al. 2017

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology

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“…Unlike previous research on perinatal mental health forums, there were 3 posts that shared negative experiences of disclosing to health care providers [ 32 - 34 ]. Despite the vast majority of posts presenting positive experiences, the potential effect of negative posts should be considered.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…A discourse analysis of an online forum for postnatal depression reported how it provided a place for mothers to confess their shame about having perinatal mental illness [ 34 ]. This enabled many women to overcome the stigma of being mentally ill and not meeting the expectations of a good mother.…”

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A Thematic Analysis of Stigma and Disclosure for Perinatal Depression on an Online Forum

Moore¹,

Ayers²,

Drey³

2016

JMIR Mental Health

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BackgroundPerinatal mental illness is a global health concern; however, many women do not get the treatment they need to recover. Some women choose not to seek professional help and get no treatment because they feel stigmatized. Online forums for various health conditions, including perinatal mental health, can be beneficial for members. Little is known about the role that online forums for perinatal mental illness play in reducing stigma and subsequent disclosure of symptoms to health care providers and treatment uptake.ObjectiveThis study aimed to examine stigma and disclosure in forums and describe any potential disadvantages of forum use.MethodsAn online forum for mothers was examined and 1546 messages extracted from 102 threads from the antenatal and postnatal depression section. These messages were subjected to deductive systematic thematic analysis to identify common themes regarding stigma and disclosure of symptoms and potential disadvantages of forum use.ResultsTwo major themes were identified: stigma and negative experiences of disclosure. Stigma had 3 subthemes: internal stigma, external stigma, and treatment stigma. Many women were concerned about feeling like a “bad” or “failed” mother and worried that if they disclosed their symptoms to a health care provider they would be stigmatized. Posts in response to this frequently encouraged women to disclose their symptoms to health care providers and accept professional treatment. Forum discourse reconstructed the ideology of motherhood as compatible with perinatal mental illness, especially if the woman sought help and adhered to treatment. Many women overcame stigma and replied that they had taken advice and disclosed to a health care provider and/or taken treatment.ConclusionsForum use may increase women's disclosure to health care providers by challenging their internal and external stigma and this may strengthen professional treatment uptake and adherence. However, a few posts described negative experiences when disclosing to health care providers.

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“…The community aspect of Internet forums can also be particularly useful in helping mothers in difficult situations. Kantrowitz-Gordon (2013) found that forums could provide a place for women to admit uncomfortable feelings such as feeling shame about depression. Whilst there can be conflicts of opinions and negative posters, the general sense from the literature is that parenting forums are positive sources of information and support for mothers that permits open discussion about feelings and experiences.…”

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Isolated, overwhelmed, and worried: Young first‐time mothers asking for information and support online

Ruthven

Buchanan

Jardine

2018

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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This study investigates the emotional content of 174 posts from 162 posters to online forums made by young (age 14-21) first time mothers to understand what emotions are expressed in these posts and how these emotions interact with the types of posts and the indicators of Information Poverty within the posts. Using textual analyses we provide a classification of emotions within posts across three main themes of interaction emotions, response emotions and preoccupation emotions and show that many requests for information by young first time mothers are motivated by negative emotions. This has implications for how moderators of online news groups respond to online request for help and for understanding how to support vulnerable young parents. Research question 1: What emotions do young first-time mothers express in online requests for information and support? Research question 2: Does stigma often pertaining to young motherhood give rise to information poverty and is this expressed within online posts? Research question 3: How do emotions and information poverty relate to the way young first-time mothers ask for information and support online? Methods We developed this study in three phases: data gathering, coding, and analysis. Data gathering consisted of identifying suitable forum data. We investigated several major forums and selected two that were large enough to supply sizable data, and whose posts focussed mostly on information seeking. Codes were first assigned to describe the dominant emotions expressed within the data. Existing typologies for emotions were ruled out, as explained below, and the study's emotion typology emerged gradually

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Internet Confessions of Postpartum Depression

Cited by 22 publications

References 44 publications

Previous pregnancy outcomes and subsequent pregnancy anxiety in a Quebec prospective cohort

Previous pregnancy outcomes and subsequent pregnancy anxiety in a Quebec prospective cohort

A Thematic Analysis of Stigma and Disclosure for Perinatal Depression on an Online Forum

Isolated, overwhelmed, and worried: Young first‐time mothers asking for information and support online

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