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Technology-Based Interventions to Improve Help-Seeking for Mental Health Concerns: A Systematic Review
| Title: | Technology-Based Interventions to Improve Help-Seeking for Mental Health Concerns: A Systematic Review |
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| Authors: | Jemimah A. Johnson, Prachi Sanghvi, Seema Mehrotra |
| Source: | Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, Vol 44 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | SAGE Publishing, 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Psychiatry |
| Subject Terms: | Psychiatry, RC435-571 |
| More Details: | Background: Despite the high prevalence of mental health disorders worldwide, a significant proportion of distressed individuals do not seek professional help. Digital technology can be a potential bridge to reduce the treatment gap for mental disorders. A systematic review was undertaken to examine the technology-based interventions aimed at improving help-seeking attitude, intention, or behavior for mental health concerns. Methods: The literature search was conducted in January–February 2020 through various e-databases using relevant keywords that targeted help-seeking interventions for mental health disorders via different technology modes. Results: 21 studies (15 randomized controlled trials and six non-randomized studies) were reviewed. The included studies were published between April 2006 to February 2020. Majority of the interventions led to an increase in the help-seeking variables. The crucial role of online delivery, participant involvement, and embedded links to professional services in encouraging help-seeking is highlighted. The review emphasizes the need for understanding utility of multicomponent interventions with personalized elements targeting help-seeking behavior, particularly in low-middle-income countries, and studies involving longer duration follow-ups. Conclusion: This systematic review is the first of its kind to examine technology-based interventions to improve help-seeking for mental health and suggests that such interventions play a crucial role in positively impacting help-seeking. The complex interplay between the relevant variables such as mental health literacy, stigma, help-seeking attitude, intention and behavior, and the intervention components that may have a differential bearing on these variables are issues that merit urgent attention in further research. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0253-7176 0975-1564 02537176 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/0253-7176; https://doaj.org/toc/0975-1564 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/02537176211034578 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/2e6928e6e9c14e2bb80efd726fd3da2b |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.2e6928e6e9c14e2bb80efd726fd3da2b |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| ISSN: | 02537176 09751564 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/02537176211034578 |
| Published in: | Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine |
| Language: | English |