title: Media and internet ownership and use among mental health outpatients with serious mental illness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether people with serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorder (SUD) use the Internet to receive health information.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred people with SMI were surveyed in community mental health clinics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants with SUD were significantly less likely to use the Internet compared to those who without SUD (.34 [.12-.95] p = .04). Internet users with SUD were significantly more likely to report accessing sites topically related to substance abuse (p = .01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Few participants with SMI and SUD used the Internet. Attention to educating patients about quality health information on the Internet may be warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Borzekowski
authors.forename: Seth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Himelhoch
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Medoff
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hackman
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010045:Outpatients; D010353:Patient Education as Topic