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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Public Mental Health Approaches to Online Radicalisation: An Empty Systematic Review.

Rabya Mughal, Valerie DeMarinis, Maria Nordendahl, Hassan Lone, Veronica Phillips, Eolene Boyd-MacMillan

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Intelligent Systems, Vulnerable Minds: A Framework for Radicalization to Violence in the Age of AI.Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rabya MughalDepartment of Psychiatry, Cambridge Public Health, Herchel Smith Building, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SZ, UK.
Valerie DeMarinisDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Maria NordendahlDepartment of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Hassan LoneSt George's Medical School, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK.
Veronica PhillipsSchool of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge Medical Library, Cambridge CB2 0SP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4383-9434
Eolene Boyd-MacMillanDepartment of Psychiatry, Cambridge Public Health, Herchel Smith Building, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0325-579X

Funding

Department of Health BRC-1215-20014Department of Health NIHR203312
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review seeks to position online radicalisation within whole system frameworks incorporating individual, family, community and wider structural influences whilst reporting evidence of public mental health approaches for individuals engaging in radical online content.

methodsthe authors searched Medline (via Ovid), PsycInfo (via Ebscohost) and Web of Science (Core Collection) with the use of Boolean operators across "extremism", "online content" and "intervention".

resultsFollowing full-text assessments, all retrieved papers were excluded. No publications fulfilled the primary objective of reporting public mental health interventions specifically addressing online radicalisation. However, six publications fulfilled the secondary objective of identifying theoretical and conceptual relationships amongst elements in the three inclusion criteria (online extremism, psychological outcomes and intervention strategy) that could inform interventions within public mental health frameworks. These publications were quality assessed and discussed following the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care guide for reporting empty reviews.

conclusionsthere is an immediate need for further research in this field given the increase in different factions of radicalised beliefs resulting from online, particularly social media, usage.

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Mental HealthSocial MediaHumansMEDLINEPublic Healthonline radicalisationpublic mental healthradicalisationsocial media

Identifiers

PMID37623171
PMCPMC10454252

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