Publications by authors named "Ellen T Welsh"
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic placed an additional mental health burden on individuals and families, resulting in widespread service access problems. Digital mental health interventions suggest promise for improved accessibility. Recent reviews have shown emerging evidence for individual use and early evidence for multiusers.
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- Many young people show resilience, but there's a growing trend of mental health issues in the 12-25 age group, prompting the need for youth-centric digital mental health interventions (DMHIs).
- A systematic review, conducted with Beyond Blue, examined user experiences of DMHIs, analyzing 22 relevant studies from over 22,000 articles, focusing on factors like satisfaction and engagement.
- Positive user experiences stem from features like peer engagement and personalized content, while negative feedback highlighted issues with static content and device requirements; asynchronous interventions gained high satisfaction rates but struggled with engagement.
Youth-specific digital mental health interventions (DMHI) represent an emerging field of study, and aim to increase access, improve socioemotional outcomes, and, where required, support triage to targeted interventions. However, prior reviews have reported inconsistent findings on the clinical effectiveness of such interventions in young adults (12-25 years). Further, shortfalls remain for the impact of guided interventions based on the mode of delivery and the type of human support personnel (e.
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