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- - The study aimed to explore the experiences of LGBTQ youth who participated in a computerized therapy program called Rainbow SPARX to address depression.
- - Interviews with 25 adolescents revealed five main themes in their feedback, including appealing features, real-life applications, suggested improvements, unappealing aspects, and additional themes. Many participants emphasized the need for more sexuality-specific content in the program.
- - The findings highlight the importance of considering user perspectives to enhance mental health services, showing that computerized therapies can be effectively tailored for underrepresented groups like sexual minority youth.
Article Abstract
Objective: To describe the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual or sexual minority youth who used a form of computerised therapy (Rainbow SPARX) for depression.
Methods: 25 adolescents (20 with significant depressive symptoms) who had trialled Rainbow SPARX took part in semi-structured interviews. The general inductive approach was used to analyse interview data.
Results: Feedback consisted of five main themes: 'appealing aspects'; 'applying it to real life'; 'things to improve'; 'aspects that did not appeal'; and 'other themes'. Young people suggested that there should be more sexuality-specific ('rainbow') content in the computer program. Seventeen participants thought computerised therapy helped them feel better or less depressed.
Conclusions: Consumer perspectives are increasingly being sought and this user input is especially useful for improving services. Our study provides important in-depth feedback on Rainbow SPARX from the perspective of sexual minority youth, and it highlights that computerised therapies can be successfully modified for groups traditionally under-served by mainstream mental health interventions.
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