Table 2 Answers to open-ended questions about mental health related internet use
From: Mental health related Internet use among psychiatric patients: a cross-sectional analysis
Arguments regarding the internet’s role in coping | |
|  | Yes (n = 85) |
Improved understanding of illness | 58 |
Exchange of experience and contact to others | 19 |
Insight into illness | 5 |
Availability of Internet services | 3 |
|  | No (n = 64) |
Lack of personal contact | 38 |
Insufficiency and low quality of online information | 16 |
Sufficient conventional therapy | 10 |
Arguments in favour of internet-based self-management (n = 53) | |
Psychoeducation | 17 |
Proactivity and self-control | 13 |
Availability and anonymity | 9 |
Exchange with others | 7 |
Ease of integration in daily routine | 4 |
Information for family members | 3 |