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Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1274) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1570) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1013) Methods and New Tools in Mental Health Research (424) Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) (47)

Published on in Vol 21, No 5 (2019): May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/14167, first published .
Exploring the Extent of the Hikikomori Phenomenon on Twitter: Mixed Methods Study of Western Language Tweets

Exploring the Extent of the Hikikomori Phenomenon on Twitter: Mixed Methods Study of Western Language Tweets

Exploring the Extent of the Hikikomori Phenomenon on Twitter: Mixed Methods Study of Western Language Tweets

Authors of this article:

Victor Pereira-Sanchez1 Author Orcid Image ;   Miguel Angel Alvarez-Mon1 Author Orcid Image ;   Angel Asunsolo del Barco2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Melchor Alvarez-Mon3, 5, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Alan Teo7, 8, 9 Author Orcid Image
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  3. Viguria I, Alvarez-Mon M, Llavero-Valero M, Asunsolo del Barco A, Ortuño F, Alvarez-Mon M. Eating Disorder Awareness Campaigns: Thematic and Quantitative Analysis Using Twitter. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2020;22(7):e17626 View
  4. Kawada T. Depression and Social Isolation in the Young. Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease 2021;209(1):88 View
  5. Alvarez-Mon M, Fernandez-Lazaro C, Llavero-Valero M, Alvarez-Mon M, Mora S, Martinez-Gonzalez M, Bes-Rastrollo M. Mediterranean diet social network impact along 11 years in the major US media outlets: Thematic and Quantitative Analysis using Twitter. (Preprint). JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 2020 View
  6. Alvarez-Mon M, Donat-Vargas C, Llavero-Valero M, Gea A, Alvarez-Mon M, Martinez-Gonzalez M, Lopez-del Burgo C. Analysis of Media Outlets on Women's Health: Thematic and Quantitative Analyses Using Twitter. Frontiers in Public Health 2021;9 View
  7. Alvarez-Mon M, de Anta L, Llavero-Valero M, Lahera G, Ortega M, Soutullo C, Quintero J, Asunsolo del Barco A, Alvarez-Mon M. Areas of Interest and Attitudes towards the Pharmacological Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Thematic and Quantitative Analysis Using Twitter. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2021;10(12):2668 View
  8. Alvarez-Mon M, Llavero-Valero M, Asunsolo del Barco A, Zaragozá C, Ortega M, Lahera G, Quintero J, Alvarez-Mon M. Areas of Interest and Attitudes Toward Antiobesity Drugs: Thematic and Quantitative Analysis Using Twitter. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2021;23(10):e24336 View
  9. Alvarez-Mon M, Fernandez-Lazaro C, Llavero-Valero M, Alvarez-Mon M, Mora S, Martínez-González M, Bes-Rastrollo M. Mediterranean Diet Social Network Impact along 11 Years in the Major US Media Outlets: Thematic and Quantitative Analysis Using Twitter. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022;19(2):784 View
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  11. Abbasi-Perez A, Alvarez-Mon M, Donat-Vargas C, Ortega M, Monserrat J, Perez-Gomez A, Sanz I, Alvarez-Mon M. Analysis of Tweets Containing Information Related to Rheumatological Diseases on Twitter. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021;18(17):9094 View
  12. Alvarez-Mon M, Fernandez-Lazaro C, Ortega M, Vidal C, Molina-Ruiz R, Alvarez-Mon M, Martínez-González M. Analyzing Psychotherapy on Twitter: An 11-Year Analysis of Tweets From Major U.S. Media Outlets. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2022;13 View
  13. Pereira-Sanchez V, Alvarez-Mon M, Horinouchi T, Kawagishi R, Tan M, Hooker E, Alvarez-Mon M, Teo A. Examining Tweet Content and Engagement of Users With Tweets About Hikikomori in Japanese: Mixed Methods Study of Social Withdrawal. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2022;24(1):e31175 View
  14. Han S, Teng A, Lin S, Demiris G, Zaslavsky O, Chen A. Examining Engagement and Usability in an Online Discussion Platform for Older Adults. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing 2023;41(9):665 View
  15. de Anta L, Alvarez-Mon M, Donat-Vargas C, Lara-Abelanda F, Pereira-Sanchez V, Gonzalez Rodriguez C, Mora F, Ortega M, Quintero J, Alvarez-Mon M. Assessment of beliefs and attitudes about electroconvulsive therapy posted on Twitter: An observational study. European Psychiatry 2023;66(1) View
  16. Alvarez-Mon M, Donat-Vargas C, Santoma-Vilaclara J, Anta L, Goena J, Sanchez-Bayona R, Mora F, Ortega M, Lahera G, Rodriguez-Jimenez R, Quintero J, Álvarez-Mon M. Assessment of Antipsychotic Medications on Social Media: Machine Learning Study. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2021;12 View
  17. Neoh M, Carollo A, Lim M, Esposito G. Hikikomori: A Scientometric Review of 20 Years of Research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2023;20(9):5657 View
  18. Al-Sibani N, Chan M, Al-Huseini S, Al Kharusi N, Guillemin G, Al-Abri M, Ganesh A, Al Hasani Y, Al-Adawi S, Arnout B. Exploring Hikikomori-like idiom of distress a year into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Oman: Factorial validity of the 25-item Hikikomori Questionnaire, prevalence and associated factors. PLOS ONE 2023;18(8):e0279612 View
  19. Carabot F, Fraile-Martínez O, Donat-Vargas C, Santoma J, Garcia-Montero C, Pinto da Costa M, Molina-Ruiz R, Ortega M, Alvarez-Mon M, Alvarez-Mon M. Understanding Public Perceptions and Discussions on Opioids Through Twitter: Cross-Sectional Infodemiology Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2023;25:e50013 View
  20. Alvarez-Mon M, Pereira-Sanchez V, Hooker E, Sanchez F, Alvarez-Mon M, Teo A. Content and User Engagement of Health-Related Behavior Tweets Posted by Mass Media Outlets From Spain and the United States Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Infodemiology Study. JMIR Infodemiology 2023;3:e43685 View
  21. Boligarla S, Laison E, Li J, Mahadevan R, Ng A, Lin Y, Thioub M, Huang B, Ibrahim M, Nasri B. Leveraging machine learning approaches for predicting potential Lyme disease cases and incidence rates in the United States using Twitter. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2023;23(1) View
  22. Nonaka S, Sakai M. Comparing perceived reasons for initiating and maintaining hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal): Quantitative text analysis. International Journal of Mental Health 2023:1 View
  23. Correia Lopes F, Pinto da Costa M, Fernandez-Lazaro C, Lara-Abelenda F, Pereira-Sanchez V, Teo A, Alvarez-Mon M. Analysis of the hikikomori phenomenon – an international infodemiology study of Twitter data in Portuguese. BMC Public Health 2024;24(1) View
  24. Domingo-Espiñeira J, Fraile-Martínez O, Garcia-Montero C, Montero M, Varaona A, Lara-Abelenda F, Ortega M, Alvarez-Mon M, Alvarez-Mon M. Navigating the Digital Neurolandscape: Analyzing the Social Perception of and Sentiments Regarding Neurological Disorders through Topic Modeling and Unsupervised Research Using Twitter. Information 2024;15(3):152 View

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