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Jamaican adolescents' receptiveness to digital mental health services: A cross-sectional survey from rural and urban communities.
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- Mental health literacy in children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a mixed studies systematic review and narrative synthesis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
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- Help-seeking intentions, barriers and associated variables for depression and social anxiety among adolescents in Bermuda.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Adolescent readiness for mobile mental health support in Soweto: A mixed-methods study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Lived experiences of mental health stigma and help-seeking among young Barbadians living with mental health conditions: A qualitative study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Models, frameworks, and strategies used to implement digital interventions targeted to youth mental health: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Sexual trauma and interest in mobile health among women with mental illness in Ghana.Internet interventions · 2025Article
- Digital Mental Health Interventions for Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Readiness for mHealth interventions in Jordan: Refugee camp and urban community survey.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- Self-Guided Mental Health Apps Targeting Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups: Scoping Review.JMIR mental health · 2023Article
- Problems and Barriers Related to the Use of Digital Health Applications: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- A Novel, Scalable Social Media-Based Intervention ("Warna-Warni Waktu") to Reduce Body Dissatisfaction Among Young Indonesian Women: Protocol for a Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Children and young people's mental health in the English-speaking Caribbean: a scoping review and evidence map.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2021Article
- Evidence on Digital Mental Health Interventions for Adolescents and Young People: Systematic Overview.JMIR mental health · 2021Review
- Mental Health and Wellbeing at Schools: Health Promotion in Primary Schools with the Use of Digital Methods.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundImproving access to mental health resources for young people is an urgent healthcare challenge. As the majority of youth live in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) mental ill health can exert substantial adverse impacts on societies that can least afford it. Digital mental health technologies might help close the treatment gap but we need to understand barriers to implementing these strategies, especially in resource constrained contexts such as LMICs.
methodsWe surveyed adolescents (
resultsAdolescents reported very few practical or infrastructure barriers to accessing digital mental health resources. >90% of the sample had access to a smartphone, 78% expected that digital solutions could benefit adolescents with symptoms of mental distress, and 56% were interested in using mental health apps to monitor their own mental health. Stigma, shame, and embarrassment were major barriers to help-seeking and formal professional help was only preferred for more severe conditions such as psychosis and substance abuse.
conclusionsPractical barriers are unlikely to impede the uptake of digital mental health resources by Jamaican adolescents. Our data suggest that mental health literacy, stigma, and embarrassment pose more serious blocks to help-seeking.
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