A Newly Developed Online Peer Support Community for Depression (Depression Connect): Qualitative Study

Dorien Smit   ^{1, 2} , MSc ;   Janna N Vrijsen   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Bart Groeneweg   ⁴ , PhD ;   Amber Vellinga-Dings   ⁵ , MSc ;   Janneke Peelen   ⁶ , PhD ;   Jan Spijker   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD

¹ Depression Expertise Center, Pro Persona Mental Health Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

² Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

³ Department of Psychiatry, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

⁴ Dutch Depression Association, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

⁵ Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

⁶ Research Group for Key Factors in Youth Care, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands