Self-expression Of Depression Patients In Online Community With Flow Of Social Support

Depression has become a serious public health problem in China.The online social life of depression patients is also worth studying.The study shows that the lifetime prevalence rate of depression in China is 6.9%,in contrast with the large number of patients,the prevalence rate of depression in China is less than 10%.With the development of the Internet,the Internet has become the "second space" of people’s lives.The prevention and treatment of depression is also going deep into the Internet.The network provides a unique space for depression patients to communicate,provide support and encourage.Compared with reality,the anonymity and privacy provided by the network enable depression patients to present themselves more truly.Therefore,going deep into the network communication community of depression patients and understanding the network use of depression patients will not only help to explore the real image of depression patients,but also help to provide support for the prevention and treatment of depression.In this study,the "philosophical treatment of depression" group in Douban.com was selected as the research object.First,the daily operation and organizational structure of the group were understood through participatory observation,and then the building poster and related replies in the group were collected as samples,so as to explore the self-expression of depression patients in the group and the needs and satisfaction of social support in the group.This study first uses data analysis method to analyze the collected posts,screen out the high-frequency words in the group,get the high-frequency word co-occurrence network and count the number of words in the posts,and summarize the image of depression patients in the network according to the results.The research then analyzes the content of the collected samples,makes statistics on the types and quantity of social support demand and social support supply for the posts and replies,and makes statistical analysis on the types and quantity of social support supply,and takes this as the basis to classify the demand and supply of social support in the group.The study found that the "philosophical treatment of depression" group provided a relatively free and less social pressure discussion space for the patients with depression,and the patients with depression can also present more real themselves.The depression patients in the group are mainly young students,who often show a pessimistic and painful mood.They are also faced with pressure from work,study,family relations and other aspects while using modern medical means to fight against depression.The social support in the group is relatively abundant,and the group members have formed a relatively good community atmosphere through mutual support,encouragement,information assistance and other ways,which is conducive to the depression patients in the group to get out of the disease and live actively.However,the group also has problems such as lack of official support,lack of effective persuasion and lack of communication in real space.Therefore,at the end of the article,according to the problems found,we put forward targeted suggestions from three aspects: introducing official support,organizing the persuasion force in the group,and organizing offline activities,with a view to forming a more standardized and better communication community for patients with depression.