My three shrinks: Personal stories of social media exploration

Abstract

Three psychiatrist authors illustrate the impact of social media on their professional lives by reflecting on personal stories about their experiences with social media. They reflect on their experiences with listservs, chat rooms, online forums, blogs, podcasts, and other interactive media, while recounting actual stories involving those media. The impact of social media on professional advocacy across broad populations is addressed. In addition, the use of social media in educating psychiatric trainees and informing forensic evaluations is discussed. Finally, social media as a tool for enhancing consumer advocacy and addressing controversial patient safety procedures in emergency settings is discussed.

Declaration of interest: The authors disclose their obvious interest in the blog, podcast, and book mentioned within. Steve Daviss reports his interest in Fuse Health Strategies LLC and in M3 Information LLC. Annette Hanson and Dinah Miller report no other conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.