Avatar‐based virtual reality therapy is an emerging digital technology that can be used to assist the treatment of common mental health problems. This may be particularly appealing to young people who are highly familiar with digital technologies and may provide a medium to facilitate communication within face‐to‐face therapy.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
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Open access. Adolescents are digital natives, with the majority now owning their own smartphones and having internet access. Although the internet and smartphone applications (apps) can provide mental health support, little is known about how young adolescents use digital technology for mental health purposes. There are many digital health resources available for young people, but the assumption that they will be open to use them has been largely untested.
Conclusions: Acceptability of eMental healthcare technology is high among users and is the most commonly investigated implementation outcome. Perceptions of the appropriateness and adoption of eMental healthcare technology were varied
Sarah Knowles on a next-generation social media-based relapse prevention intervention for youth depression, explored in an Australian qualitative study.
Results of this study indicate that text messaging was used to communicate frequently and primarily for the scheduling of appointments (58.9%) and was very rarely (0.3%) used inappropriately. The ability of mental health service providers to use text messaging with adolescent outpatients could improve cost-effectiveness and efficiency. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
We’re helping children and young people find the most appropriate apps to support their mental health by piloting the use of ORCHA – the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications – a platform that independently and impartially reviews health and care related apps.
Lisa Burscheidt on a school-based RCT of an online CBT intervention (SPARX-R) for preventing depression in final year secondary school students in Australia
Expert Self Care Ltd, (ESc) believes it is important for young people to have access to good reliable information in order to make the right choices about their health and be in control of their wellbeing and has developed a free app to provide support, advice and health information for those considering self-harm or suicide.
A review of an online counselling platform called Kooth, which CNWL partners with, has found that non-white children were more likely to access these services over traditional mental health services.
This week marks the launch of a new Oxford Health app called BlueIce, on the NHS App library.
BlueIce was developed by Professor Paul Stallard, working together with the Oxford Health young people’s participation group. The app allows users to track their moods, access a toolbox of ideas to lift their mood (such as going for a run or talking to a friend), and provides access to emergency help if needed.
NELFT is delighted to announce the launch of its newest digital platform on Friday 1 September. The platform, called My Mind, was created in partnership with young people… for young people, to empower them to make positive decisions concerning their mental health, and provides a vast array of resources as part of their support.
The bold and ambitious platform features a vast array of information for young people on a broad range of issues, from how to deal with anxiety and stress to advice on eating disorders and relationships.
To discover more about My Mind visit the website page at: https://mymind.nelft.nhs.uk