Integration of Digital Tools Into Community Mental Health Care Settings That Serve Young People: Focus Group Study.
Integration of Digital Tools Into Community Mental Health Care Settings That Serve Young People: Focus Group Study.
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将数字工具集成到为年轻人服务的社区心理保健环境中:焦点小组学习。
DOI:
10.2196/27379
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发表时间:
2021-08-19
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Lattie EG
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文献类型:
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作者:
Knapp AA;Cohen K;Nicholas J;Mohr DC;Carlo AD;Skerl JJ;Lattie EG
Digital mental health tools have substantial potential to be easily integrated into people’s lives and fundamentally impact public health. Such tools can extend the reach and maximize the impact of mental health interventions. Before implementing digital tools in new settings, it is critical to understand what is important to organizations and individuals who will implement and use these tools. Given that young people are highly familiar with technology and many mental health concerns emerge in childhood and adolescence, it is especially crucial to understand how digital tools can be integrated into settings that serve young people. This study aims to learn about considerations and perspectives of community behavioral health care providers on incorporating digital tools into their clinical care for children and adolescents. Data were analyzed from 5 focus groups conducted with clinicians (n=37) who work with young people at a large community service organization in the United States. This organization provides care to more than 27,000 people annually, most of whom are of low socioeconomic status. The transcripts were coded using thematic analysis. Clinicians first provided insight into the digital tools they were currently using in their treatment sessions with young people, such as web-based videos and mood-tracking apps. They explained that their main goals in using these tools were to help young people build skills, facilitate learning, and monitor symptoms. Benefits were expressed, such as engagement of adolescents in treatment, along with potential challenges (eg, accessibility and limited content) and developmental considerations (eg, digital devices getting taken away as punishment). Clinicians discussed their desire for a centralized digital platform that securely connects the clinician, young person, and caregivers. Finally, they offered several considerations for integrating digital tools into mental health care, such as setting up expectations with clients and the importance of human support. Young people have unique considerations related to complex accessibility patterns and technology expectations that may not be observed when adults are the intended users of mental health technologies. Therefore, these findings provide critical insights to inform the development of future tools, specifically regarding connectivity, conditional restraints (eg, devices taken away as punishment and school restrictions), expectations of users from different generations, and the blended nature in which digital tools can support young people.
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影响因子:
7.4
作者:
Baumel, Amit;Muench, Frederick;Kane, John M.
通讯作者:
Kane, John M.
影响因子:
3.6
作者:
Dopp, Alex R.;Parisi, Kathryn E.;Lyon, Aaron R.
通讯作者:
Lyon, Aaron R.
DOI:
10.1037/amp0000652
发表时间:
2020-11
期刊:
The American psychologist
影响因子:
--
作者:
Lyon AR;Brewer SK;Areán PA
通讯作者:
Areán PA
影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
Merikangas, Kathleen Ries
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Grist, Rebecca;Porter, Joanna;Stallard, Paul
通讯作者:
Stallard, Paul