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Trial reportJMIR mental health2025

Young People's Experiences Using a Digital Mental Health Tool to Support Their Care in a Real-World Service: Lived Experience-Led Qualitative Study.

Carla Gorban, Min K Chong, Adam Poulsen, Ashlee Turner, Haley M LaMonica, Sarah McKenna, Elizabeth M Scott, Ian B Hickie, Frank Iorfino

Abstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in JMIR mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Carla Gorban *Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, 2050, Australia, 61 9351 0584.ORCID 0009-0003-9568-1792
Min K Chong *Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, 2050, Australia, 61 9351 0584.ORCID 0000-0003-4562-731X
Adam PoulsenBrain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, 2050, Australia, 61 9351 0584.ORCID 0000-0002-0001-3894
Ashlee TurnerBrain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, 2050, Australia, 61 9351 0584.ORCID 0000-0002-8919-4360
Haley M LaMonicaBrain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, 2050, Australia, 61 9351 0584.ORCID 0000-0002-6563-5467
Sarah McKennaBrain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, 2050, Australia, 61 9351 0584.ORCID 0000-0002-8560-6399
Elizabeth M ScottBrain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, 2050, Australia, 61 9351 0584.ORCID 0000-0003-3907-0324
Ian B HickieBrain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, 2050, Australia, 61 9351 0584.ORCID 0000-0001-8832-9895
Frank IorfinoBrain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, 2050, Australia, 61 9351 0584.ORCID 0000-0003-1109-0972

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The uptake of digital mental health tools (DMHTs) in mental health services is suboptimal, limiting key avenues to facilitate personalized and measurement-based care. This misses critical opportunities for enhanced patient-clinician communication, improved assessment, and early intervention. Objective: This paper aims to understand young people's experiences and perceptions of engaging with a DMHT to support their care in a real-world setting over time. Methods: This study is part of a larger randomized controlled trial, where an added human support, the digital navigator (DN), provided technological and engagement assistance for young people to use a DMHT as part of usual care. The DN conducted 118 semistructured interviews with 73 young people (mean age 22.7, SD 2.7 y) at baseline and 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up visits. Results: We found that the majority of young people were enthusiastic about incorporating a DMHT into their care when they understood its potential to facilitate shared decision-making and enhance self-awareness of their mental health. Notably, the DN's support was effective in fostering this understanding at the initial stages of implementation. However, it was evident that the lack of clinician buy-in for using the DMHT posed a risk of disillusionment to young people's sustained engagement with the tool. Young people perceived that clinician uptake of the tool was poor, limiting its perceived value addition and sustainability. Conclusions: Young people want to use DMHTs in their care and DNs can effectively facilitate implementation through ongoing engagement and technical support. However, successful implementation of DMHTs also depends on broader systemic factors, particularly on clinician and service engagement. Future research should examine how to address these contextual barriers and optimize DN support for implementation and sustained engagement of DMHTs.

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Mental DisordersMental Health ServicesAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthQualitative ResearchTelemedicineYoung Adultdigital mental healthdigital mental health toolsdigital navigatorhealth services researchmeasurement-based careyouth mental health

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PMID40550130
PMCPMC12208615

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