ArticleInternet interventions2020
Parental consent: A potential barrier for underage teens' participation in an mHealth mental health intervention.
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- Patients' Perspectives on the Data Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security of mHealth Apps: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
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- Administrative Burdens as Distinct Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Services in Community Mental Health Centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers: A Mixed-Methods Assessment.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Adolescents' and youths' perceived barriers and facilitators to engaging with digital mental health interventions for depression and anxiety: A scoping review.Internet interventions · 2025Review
- Characteristics of Youth Crisis App Users: Mental Health Service Access and Barriers and Perceptions of Helpfulness.JAACAP open · 2025Article
- Designing Digital Mental Health Interventions to Meet the Needs of Older Adolescents: Qualitative Interview and Group Discussion Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Pilot Study of Factors Influencing Engagement with an mHealth Intervention Among Teens with Eating Disorder Symptoms.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2025Article
- Exploring Youth Perspectives on Digital Mental Health Platforms: Qualitative Descriptive Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Shortening duration of untreated illness in young people with first episode eating disorders: protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility trial of a smartphone friendly multi-modal decision-making tool (FREED-M) to improve help-seeking.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Mental health and body image among SGM youth engaged with a digital eating disorder intervention.Journal of LGBT youth · 2024Article
- Eating disorder symptoms and comorbid mental health risk among teens recruited to a digital intervention research study via two online approaches.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Tailoring Sexual Health Research Practices to Meet the Needs of Adolescent Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Findings from Mexico.Adolescents (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Implementation of an Electronic Mental Health Platform for Youth and Young Adults in a School Context Across Alberta, Canada: Thematic Analysis of the Perspectives of Stakeholders.JMIR mental health · 2024Article
- Mobile Technologies for Supporting Mental Health in Youths: Scoping Review of Effectiveness, Limitations, and Inclusivity.JMIR mental health · 2023Article
- Project Body Neutrality: Piloting a digital single-session intervention for adolescent body image and depression.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Patient Perspectives and Preferences for Consent in the Digital Health Context: State-of-the-art Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Review
- mHealth Uses and Opportunities for Teens from Communities with High Health Disparities: A Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2022Article
- Data sharing in the age of predictive psychiatry: an adolescent perspective.Evidence-based mental health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeWe sought to examine whether underage adolescents displaying symptoms for a mental illness (i.e., an eating disorder) would be willing to obtain parental consent to participate in a study to test the efficacy of an evidence-based mobile mental health intervention targeting teens with eating disorders.
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resultsAbout 85% of participants met clinical or subclinical criteria for an eating disorder; however, only 12% had received a treatment within the past six months. While 83% of participants were interested in trying a mobile health interventions app, only 35% indicated willingness to obtain parental consent to participate in a research study. The primary reasons presented for unwillingness to obtain consent included importance of retaining privacy and feeling that parents lack awareness or understanding about mental health issues.
conclusionsWhile barriers exist to obtaining treatment for eating disorders, a mobile intervention app may close some of these gaps. Many underage participants indicated interest in obtaining such treatment, yet only a third were willing to obtain parental consent. Future studies should investigate how to reduce these barriers to obtaining parental consent to facilitate teen access to research and mobile mental health treatment.
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