In a Washington Post story, Cyber-Catharsis: Bloggers Use Web Sites as Therapy, examples of how bloggers are using blogs for psychological therapy is fascinating.
Nearly half of bloggers consider it a form of therapy, according to a recent survey sponsored by America Online Inc. And although some psychologists question the use of the Internet for therapy, one hospital in High Point, N.C., started devoting space to patients’ blogs on its Web site, a practice Inova Fairfax Hospital is also considering.
The patients use only first names on their blogs. Mary, a patient at the High Point Regional Health System, started blogging about ups and downs following her mini-gastric bypass surgery in March.
“Before having this surgery, I could look at the largest person on earth and think I was as big or bigger,” she wrote.
The project has been so successful — both as a marketing tool for the hospital and a form of group therapy for patients who get feedback from their readers — that High Point is considering adding video blogs, said Eric Fletcher, a spokesman for the hospital.
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Hi Lorelle – There was an interesting article on just this subject in the Boston Globe recent.
All this WordPress insiste working is completely new for me, mas just now i discovered i was conected by my early used WordPress’ account. I doubt if, yo go on or go deeper, i should change both my visited blog and my personal account to my first tongue… Spanish. I don’t know, i like English, but i don’t feel as confident as with Spanish. As we say: “El tiempo lo dirá.” – Marcos Revérberi
Montevideo, Uruguay.
I recommend always that people public in their native tongue. English is a flooded market. Maybe not your language. Go for it.
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