A Web-Based Program on Youth Mental Health for Parents

描述（由申请人提供）：青少年的情绪问题是一个常见和严重的健康问题。研究表明，青春期的抑郁症正在增加，并且可能在生命的早期开始。干预措施旨在为父母提供必要的信息和技能，以便在发现情绪问题时进行识别和干预。个人和卫生组织已开始动员和分享有关家庭的信息， 通过万维网帮助患有精神疾病的儿童。尽管取得了这一进展，但目前大多数针对青少年抑郁或焦虑的网站在这方面都做得不够。 该项目的目的是开发和测试一个创新的基于网络的多媒体程序，针对父母，旨在预防青少年的心理健康问题。该计划将 将有趣的音频和视频片段结合起来，并提供有科学依据的信息，供不同教育背景的父母使用。 在第一阶段，将制定该方案的最终结构和内容，并将与家长重点小组一起测试原型。将对工作场所和管理行为健康组织的样本进行访谈，以评估该计划的需求和可行性。在第二阶段，该计划将进行严格的实地测试，修订，并准备上市。 拟定商业应用：青少年的情绪问题，如抑郁和焦虑，可能会对工作的父母，他们的雇主和他们的管理式护理提供者造成相当大的损失。 随着行为和心理健康治疗成本的上升，企业及其管理式护理组织正在寻找预防和治疗这些疾病的有效技术。虽然基于网络的程序存在，解决青少年抑郁和焦虑的问题，他们通常要么支持小组网站的静态事实为基础的文本网站。 互动，多媒体节目的父母解决情绪问题是非常必要的。 这样的计划应该有很大的吸引力，希望为他们的工作父母提供计划，可以减少与应对孩子的情绪问题有关的压力，从而提高生产力。 管理式护理组织也应该对一个可以帮助降低青少年心理健康治疗成本的项目感兴趣。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Emotional problems in youth are a common and serious health concern. Research indicates that depression in adolescence is increasing and may be starting earlier in life. Interventions designed to give parents the information and skills necessary to recognize and intervene when emotional problems are detected hold great promise. Individuals and health organizations have begun to mobilize and share information for families with children who suffer from mental disorders via the world-wide-web. Despite this progress, most of the websites currently addressing adolescent depression or anxiety fall short in this effort. The purpose of this project is to develop and test an innovative web-based multimedia program aimed at parents and designed to prevent mental health problems in youth. The program will incorporate interesting audio and visual segments and provide scientifically sound information that is accessible to parents from varying educational backgrounds. In Phase I, the final structure and content of the program will be developed and a prototype will be tested with focus groups of parents. A sample of worksite and managed behavioral health organizations will be interviewed to assess the demand for and feasibility of the program. In Phase II, the program will be rigorously field-tested, revised, and prepared for marketing. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Adolescent emotional problems such as depression and anxiety can take a considerable toll on working parents, their employers, and their managed care providers. As the cost of behavioral and mental health treatment rises, corporations and their managed care organizations are seeking effective techniques for the prevention and treatment of these disorders. Although web-based programs exist that address the issues of adolescent depression and anxiety, they are typically either support group websites of static fact-based text websites. Interactive, multimedia programs for parents addressing the issue of emotional problems is much needed. Such a program should have substantial appeal to corporations wishing to provide their working parents with programs that can decrease the stress associated with coping with a child with emotional problems and, therefore, increase productivity. Managed care organizations should also be interested in a program that could help reduce the cost of mental health treatment for adolescents.