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Technology-Based Interventions to Improve Help-Seeking for Mental Health Concerns: A Systematic Review
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...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9301737/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35949632 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02537176211034578 |
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author | Johnson, Jemimah A. Sanghvi, Prachi Mehrotra, Seema |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-93017372022-08-09 Technology-Based Interventions to Improve Help-Seeking for Mental Health Concerns: A Systematic Review Johnson, Jemimah A. Sanghvi, Prachi Mehrotra, Seema Indian J Psychol Med Review Articles 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. SAGE Publications 2021-09-21 2022-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9301737/ /pubmed/35949632 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02537176211034578 Text en © 2022 Indian Psychiatric Society - South Zonal Branch https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Review Articles Johnson, Jemimah A. Sanghvi, Prachi Mehrotra, Seema 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 |
title_full | Technology-Based Interventions to Improve Help-Seeking for Mental
Health Concerns: A Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Technology-Based Interventions to Improve Help-Seeking for Mental
Health Concerns: A Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Technology-Based Interventions to Improve Help-Seeking for Mental
Health Concerns: A Systematic Review |
title_short | Technology-Based Interventions to Improve Help-Seeking for Mental
Health Concerns: A Systematic Review |
title_sort | technology-based interventions to improve help-seeking for mental
health concerns: a systematic review |
topic | Review Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9301737/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35949632 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02537176211034578 |
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