Abstract
This paper seeks to analyse the activities and
behaviours that users engage in to construct identities within online mental
health communities. I argue that these communities encourage users to identify
with their mental illnesses, with the potential to improve or worsen their
mental wellbeing. The paper begins by discussing mental health diagnoses as a
tool used to define and confirm identity in online mental health communities.
Following this is an analysis of the potential for anonymity Read more [...]