AIMC Topic: Self-Help Groups

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The lived experience of gambling-related harm in natural language.

Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors
OBJECTIVE: Gambling-related harms can have a significant negative impact on disordered gamblers, lower risk gamblers, and affected others. Yet, most disordered and lower risk gamblers will never seek formal treatment, often due to the stigma and sham...

Self-help groups and opioid use disorder treatment: An investigation using a machine learning-assisted robust causal inference framework.

International journal of medical informatics
OBJECTIVES: This study investigates the impact of participation in self-help groups on treatment completion among individuals undergoing medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment. Given the suboptimal adherence and retention rates for MOUD,...

Can online support groups address psychological morbidity of cancer patients? An artificial intelligence based investigation of prostate cancer trajectories.

PloS one
BACKGROUND: Online Cancer Support Groups (OCSG) are becoming an increasingly vital source of information, experiences and empowerment for patients with cancer. Despite significant contributions to physical, psychological and emotional wellbeing of pa...

Machine learning to support social media empowered patients in cancer care and cancer treatment decisions.

PloS one
BACKGROUND: A primary variant of social media, online support groups (OSG) extend beyond the standard definition to incorporate a dimension of advice, support and guidance for patients. OSG are complementary, yet significant adjunct to patient journe...

Creating a place for caregivers in personal health: the iHealthSpace copilot program and diabetes care.

Journal of diabetes science and technology
BACKGROUND: As America's baby boom generation reaches retirement, the number of elders, and, in turn, the number of lay individuals who support them, will continue to increase. With the important services caregivers provide, it is critical that we re...

Probing Social Support and Self-Disclosure Within Chinese Online Domestic Violence Support Groups: Leveraging Multiple Machine Learning Approaches.

Journal of community psychology
This study examines how domestic violence victims can effectively disclose their experiences in online support groups to receive meaningful support, and how community members can provide that support. Analyzing 3455 posts and 55,787 replies from Chin...