ArticleJournal of eating disorders2024
Views of German mental health professionals on the use of digital mental health interventions for eating disorders: a qualitative interview study.
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- Healthcare professionals' perspectives and/or experiences of digital mental health tools in clinical practice: a systematic review and thematic synthesis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Development and evaluation of a web-based toolkit to inform mental health professionals about digital mental health interventions for eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of Eating Disorder Clinicians' Experiences, Needs, Views and Wellbeing.Journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- Determinants of Patient Use of Telemental Health Services: Representative Cross-Sectional Survey From Germany.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Exploring Therapists' Approaches to Treating Eating Disorders to Inform User-Centric App Design: Web-Based Interview Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Experts' views on the implementation of digital interventions for eating disorders: a Delphi study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Unveiling the dark side of eating disorders: evidence on the role of dark triad and body uneasiness in youth.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionDigital mental health interventions (DMHIs) are getting increasingly important for mental health care. In the case of eating disorders (EDs), DMHIs are still in early stages. Few studies so far investigated the views of mental health professionals for EDs on the integration of DMHIs in routine care.
objectiveTo gain insights into the experiences, perspectives, and expectations of mental health professionals for EDs regarding DMHIs and to identify requirements for the future integration of DMHIs into routine care.
methodsSemi-structured qualitative telephone interviews with 24 German mental health professionals treating patients with EDs were conducted. A content analysis following a deductive-inductive approach asked for experiences, advantages and chances, disadvantages and boundaries, desired functions and properties, target groups, and general conditions and requirements for DMHIs for patients with EDs.
resultsOnly few professionals reported experiences with DMHIs besides video-based psychotherapy during the pandemic. From the therapists' point of view, DMHIs have the potential to deliver low-threshold access for patients with EDs. Useful functionalities were seen in digital meal records, skills training, and psychoeducation. However, a stable therapeutic alliance was reported as an important prerequisite for the successful integration into care. Therapists expressed concerns in case of severe anorexia nervosa or suicidality. The participants felt to be informed inadequately on recent developments and on the evidence base of DMHIs.
conclusionsMental health professionals for EDs show positive attitudes towards DMHIs, however many barriers to the integration in routine care were observed. The highest potential was seen for the use of DMHIs in addition to outpatient care and in aftercare. Specific requirements for DMHIs are related to different areas of the healthcare spectrum and for the different symptom profiles in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. Targeted DMHIs are needed and appropriate especially for concepts of blended care.
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