Last month, I wrote about the AOL survey that showed that nearly half of bloggers blog as a form of therapy. The Washington Post calls it Cyber-Catharsis and explores the phenomenon.
Seems as if even hospitals are seeing the blogging light.
One hospital in High Point, N.C., started devoting space to patients' blogs on its Web site....The project has been so successful -- both as a marketing tool for the hospital and a form of group therapy for patients who get feedback from their readers -- that High Point is considering adding video blogs, said Eric Fletcher, a spokesman for the hospital.
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said Bill Schreiner, vice president for AOL's community programming. "It's like they're writing the novel of their lives, and [public] participation adds truth to their story."
Blogging combines two recommended techniques for people to work through problems: writing in a journal and using a computer to type out thoughts. Some bloggers say the extra dimension of posting thoughts on the Web enables them to broach difficult subjects with loved ones, as well as reap support from a virtual community of people they don't know.
Posted by Jill Fallon at October 12, 2005 11:08 AM | Permalink