Mental Health Social Network is a free social networking web portal dedicated to the mental health community across the globe. With its launch, it has opened a new door for people with mental problems to connect with each other and share their experiences.
It works in a similar way like Facebook and MySpace, with options likes profiles, Bbogging and several messaging and other various niche tools. It is specifically designed to allow people to create a helpful community and serve each other or for those who are really interested to understand the mental conditions. It also provides the necessary online environment with networking based format and options. It allows members to anonymously reach out to people and find the best fertile solutions.
Colin Spencer Wood, the company president and CEO was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1999. In statement, Wood mentioned, "When people suffer from mental health conditions, they sometimes feel isolated and there might not be anyone else in a patient’s life that has experienced similar conditions. This makes difficult for family and friends to relate or understand what they're going through.”
MentalHealthSocial.com is considered as the gift in such cases, which eliminates those feelings of isolation by bringing people with similar experiences together.
"Portal dedicated to talk or express.. Who can really understand their thoughts....about whatever mental conditions they are actually dealing with".
Key features of the Mental Social Media are user friendly interface where everyone can share information about themselves, post photos or videos and other offers. In addition, portal aims to support other mental health related non-profit organizations through promotions and services.
Success of Facebook
and Twitter has played an important role in the launch of Mental Social Network. It can be a great platform for students associated with medical education to connect to the network and understand the mental conditions. Further, it was found in recent surveys that many US based firms operating disease control centre uses Twitter, Youtube and even games to spread information about swine flu and other medical concerns and problems. Chicago based Children Hospital is using Second Life for disaster preparedness, while disabled people turn in to virtual world for peer support.With changing culture and technology, mental health networking can play an important role in bringing better health services to people and collaborating experience from around the world for better understanding.
(This is a guest post by Deep Sherchan, Chief Marketing
Officer, InRev. InRev is the Web Information Company which owns one of the Top Social Media
Management Apps – Buzzom www.buzzom.comBuzzom just hit the Alexa
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