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Supporting People Receiving Substance Use Treatment during COVID-19 through a Professional-Moderated Online Peer Support Group
Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2022, pp 673-676
25 Apr 2022
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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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- Title
- Supporting People Receiving Substance Use Treatment during COVID-19 through a Professional-Moderated Online Peer Support Group
- Creators
- Ou Stella Liang - Drexel UniversityChristopher C. Yang - Drexel UniversityAnne Glenney - Drexel UniversityRichard E. Pointer - Drexel UniversitySharlene Irving - Drexel UniversityBarbara Schindler - Drexel UniversityDavid Bennett - Drexel University
- Contributors
- Frédérique Laforest (Editor) - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de LyonRaphaël Troncy (Editor) - EURECOMLionel Médini (Editor) - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1Ivan Herman (Editor) - World Wide Web Consortium
- Publication Details
- Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2022, pp 673-676
- Conference
- WWW '22: The ACM Web Conference 2022 (2022)
- Series
- ACM Conferences
- Publisher
- ACM
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001147592700127
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85137419311
- Other Identifier
- 991021855282204721
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