Social media as an effective therapeutic tool for addressing obsessive-compulsive disorder
A case study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19503455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nazdar Qudrat Abas (0000-0003-0894-9918, University of Garmian, corresponding author), Dilshad Jaff (0000-0002-9364-5152, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 152-157 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medicine Conflict & Survival (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-3699 • E-ISSN: 1743-9396 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13623699.2018.1527882 |
| PMID | 30264596 |
| OpenAlex | W2894241034 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic but very treatable medical condition. Adhering to the therapy plan is considered one of the biggest challenges for OCD patients, especially when communities are insecure due to armed conflicts and political upheavals. This paper documents the results of using social media platforms (especially Facebook Messenger, which provides free internet access) to manage the symptoms of a young female with chronic OCD. The results suggest that social media can be a potentially effective therapeutic tool, mainly in situations where armed conflicts, displacement and insecurity are present and where more traditional customs and conservative norms are sometimes reinforced as a protective mechanism, particularly for women who may be prevented from following the classic person-to-person consultation protocol. Social media, when used skilfully and properly protected, may help overcome the multiple cultural and social barriers that prevent the application of the more traditional treatment protocol
Alternative medicine · Internet privacy · Obsessive compulsive · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Public relations · Social media · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Law · Medicine · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |