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The Internet has enabled us to connect and collaborate more than ever before. In the case of mental illness, this is very unfortunate. It is very easy to find
by abandonliberty 12y ago
The Internet has enabled us to connect and collaborate more than ever before.
In the case of mental illness, this is very unfortunate. It is very easy to find other suffers and mutually reinforce everyone's condition.
An extensively studied example of this online disease promotion is pro-anorexia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-ana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-ana
- bglazer 12y agoDo doctors have any incentive to connect with these communities? Is it ethical or reasonable to monitor and attempt to intervene in cases of Morgellons or anorexia that present themselves?