TY - JOUR
T1 - Taming mental-health-focused popular literature
T2 - A crazy idea?
AU - Zozus, Robert T.
AU - Bricker, Audrey
AU - Lunblad, Rob
AU - Elias, Dennis
AU - Nahm, Meredith
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Providing tailored and easily accessible health information for mental health clinicians and patients can be enabled through Information Technology and Communications (ITC). The literature is mixed regarding the quality, utility and accessibility of health information in the popular press for this purpose. However, there is consensus that mental health information in the popular press is readily available, easily comprehended by patients, and is continually updated. We report the process by which mental-health-focused articles in the popular press are identified, screened, and disseminated to a large network of doctoral level psychologists (the PsyUSA network). We analyze 4-year article distribution and access data, and conclude that the distribution of mental-health-related popular press articles prompted article access. We leverage this experience to formulate a model for direct access to clinician-vetted mental-health-related popular press through a curated web based archive.
AB - Providing tailored and easily accessible health information for mental health clinicians and patients can be enabled through Information Technology and Communications (ITC). The literature is mixed regarding the quality, utility and accessibility of health information in the popular press for this purpose. However, there is consensus that mental health information in the popular press is readily available, easily comprehended by patients, and is continually updated. We report the process by which mental-health-focused articles in the popular press are identified, screened, and disseminated to a large network of doctoral level psychologists (the PsyUSA network). We analyze 4-year article distribution and access data, and conclude that the distribution of mental-health-related popular press articles prompted article access. We leverage this experience to formulate a model for direct access to clinician-vetted mental-health-related popular press through a curated web based archive.
KW - consumer health
KW - consumer informatics
KW - information retrieval
KW - information sharing
KW - knowledge representation/organization
KW - patient education
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-203-5-302
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-203-5-302
M3 - Article
C2 - 23388303
AN - SCOPUS:84880178099
SN - 0926-9630
VL - 183
SP - 302
EP - 307
JO - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
JF - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
ER -