ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
"Smartphone Apps Are Cool, But Do They Help Me?": A Qualitative Interview Study of Adolescents' Perspectives on Using Smartphone Interventions to Manage Nonsuicidal Self-Injury.
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- Needs for mobile and internet-based psychological intervention in patients with self-injury and suicide-related behaviors: a qualitative systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Sociotechnical Factors Affecting Patients' Adoption of Mobile Health Tools: Systematic Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- Early Evaluation of IMAGINATOR 2.0 Intervention Targeting Self-Harm in Young People: Single-Arm Feasibility Trial.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
- Absence of digital intervention: exploring the motivations behind self-harm adolescents' avoidance of psychological support techniques.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Reducing the 'Silence Between Sessions': A Qualitative Study on Youth and Professionals' Perspectives on Digital Tools for Suicide Prevention.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Navigating self-injury in a digital world: adolescents' perspectives on coping, help-seeking, and technology.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Designing Chatbots to Treat Depression in Youth: Qualitative Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Internet-delivered emotion regulation therapy for adolescents engaging in non-suicidal self-injury and their parents: A qualitative, online focus group study.Psychology and psychotherapy · 2025Article
- Suicidal behaviour in adolescents with affective disorders: A study in a crisis intervention unit (CIU).PloS one · 2025Observational
- The moderating role of social support in the relationship between alexithymia and problematic smartphone use among Chinese depressed adolescents: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Cultivating participatory processes in self-harm app development: A case-study and working methodology.JCPP advances · 2024Article
- The lived experience of mental disorders in adolescents: a bottom-up review co-designed, co-conducted and co-written by experts by experience and academics.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2024Article
- What are practitioners' views of how digital health interventions may play a role in online child sexual abuse service delivery?Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
- Attitudes of Children, Adolescents, and Their Parents Toward Digital Health Interventions: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Developing a Mobile App for Young Adults with Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Prototype Feedback Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Patient and therapist experiences of using a smartphone application monitoring anxiety symptoms.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2022Article
- Use of a Mobile Peer Support App Among Young People With Nonsuicidal Self-injury: Small-scale Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- How Technologies Can Support Self-Injury Self-Management: Perspectives of Young Adults With Lived Experience of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- Learnings from user feedback of a novel digital mental health assessment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a major mental health problem associated with negative psychosocial outcomes and it most often starts in early adolescence. Despite this, adolescents are rarely involved in informing the development of interventions designed to address their mental health problems. This study aimed to (1) assess adolescents' needs and preferences about future interventions that are delivered through smartphones and (2) develop a framework with implications for designing engaging digital mental health interventions. Fifteen adolescent girls, aged 12-18 years, who met diagnostic criteria for a current NSSI disorder and were in contact with mental health services, participated in semi-structured interviews. Following a reflexive thematic analysis approach, this study identified two main themes: (1) Experiences of NSSI (depicts the needs of young people related to their everyday experiences of managing NSSI) and (2) App in Context (portrays preferences of young people about smartphone interventions and reflects adolescents' views on how technology itself can improve or hinder engaging with these interventions). Adolescent patients expressed interest in using smartphone mental health interventions if they recognize them as helpful, relevant for their life situation and easy to use. The developed framework suggests that digital mental health interventions are embedded in three contexts (i.e., person using the intervention, mental health condition, and technology-related factors) which together need to inform the development of engaging digital resources. To achieve this, the cooperation among people with lived experience, mental health experts, and human computer interaction professionals is vital.
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