ArticleJournal of mental health (Abingdon, England)2012
Can't surf, won't surf: the digital divide in mental health.
Article in Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Integrating mobile-phone based assessment for psychosis into people's everyday lives and clinical care: a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2013Trial
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- Quantitative Research on Digitalized Treatment Options for Older Adults With Mental Illness: Scoping Review.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Networked Care: Worlding Mental Well-Being in a Digital Age.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Perceptions of electronic health records by ethnically diverse groups in mental health: A systematic literature review.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Review
- Assessing Health Technology Literacy and Attitudes of Patients in an Urban Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.JMIR mental health · 2024Article
- Machine Learning for Mental Health: Applications, Challenges, and the Clinician's Role.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
- Ethical challenges in contemporary psychiatry: an overview and an appraisal of possible strategies and research needs.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2024Article
- Eliciting perspectives on remote healthcare delivery from service users with psychosis in the community: a cross-sectional survey study.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
- Development of a Supported Self-management Intervention for People With Severe Mental Illness and Type 2 Diabetes: Theory and Evidence-Based Co-design Approach.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Five major outcomes of digitalization: relevance of a survival personality type during COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Engagement, clinical outcomes and therapeutic process in online mindfulness for psychosis groups delivered in routine care.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2022Article
- Modifying a cognitive behavioral suicide prevention treatment for adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in community mental health.Psychiatry research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundNew health information technology (HIT) increasingly plays a role in health care as technology becomes cheaper and more widespread. However, there is a danger that those who do not use or have access to technology will not benefit from HIT innovations, thus creating a "digital divide".
aimsTo assess the extent to which mental health service users have access to, skills in using and appetite for various technologies.
methodsA cross-sectional survey was used to assess technology use and access patterns of 121 people from community mental health services. Data were analysed using logistic regression.
resultsTechnology use and access were very similar to that of the general population with older individuals reporting less familiarity, access and confidence across a range of technologies. Black, minority and ethnic (BME) groups were more likely to access computers outside of their own homes than white individuals. Older participants experiencing psychosis indicated a desire to increase their computer use.
conclusionsThe findings reported here contrast with recent evidence suggesting that those who do not engage with technology are "self-excluders". Furthermore, BME groups may need extra support regarding provision of technology in order to engage with HIT.
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