School of Rehabilitation University of Montreal Montreal, QC Canada.
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy McGill University Montreal, QC Canada.
JMIR Ment Health. 2015 May 20;2(2):e18. doi: 10.2196/mental.4400. eCollection 2015 Apr-Jun.
Despite the potential and interest of using technology for delivering specialized psychiatric services to young adults, surprisingly limited attention has been paid to systematically assess their perspectives in this regard. For example, limited knowledge exists on the extent to which young people receiving specialized services for a first-episode psychosis (FEP) are receptive to using new technologies as part of mental health care, and to which types of technology-enabled mental health interventions they are amenable to.
The purpose of this study is to assess the interest of young adults with FEP in using technology to receive mental health information, services, and supports.
This study uses a cross-sectional, descriptive survey design. A convenience sample of 67 participants between the ages of 18 and 35 were recruited from two specialized early intervention programs for psychosis. Interviewer-administered surveys were conducted between December 2013 and October 2014. Descriptive statistics are reported.
Among the 67 respondents who completed the survey, the majority (85%, 57/67) agreed or strongly agreed with YouTube as a platform for mental health-related services and supports. The top five technology-enabled services that participants were amenable to were (1) information on medication (96%, 64/67); (2) information on education, career, and employment (93%, 62/67); (3) decision-making tools pertaining to treatment and recovery (93%, 62/67); (4) reminders for appointments via text messaging (93%, 62/67); and (5) information about mental health, psychosis, and recovery in general (91%, 61/67). The top self-reported barriers to seeking mental health information online were lack of knowledge on how to perform an Internet search (31%, 21/67) and the way information is presented online (27%, 18/67). Two thirds (67%; 45/67) reported being comfortable in online settings, and almost half (48%; 32/67) reported a preference for mixed formats when viewing mental health information online (eg, text, video, visual graphics).
Young people diagnosed with FEP express interest in using the Internet, social media, and mobile technologies for receiving mental health-related services. Increasing the awareness of young people in relation to various forms of technology-enabled mental health care warrants further attention. A consideration for future research is to obtain more in-depth knowledge on young people's perspectives, which can help improve the design, development, and implementation of integrated technological health innovations within the delivery of specialized mental health care.
尽管使用技术为青年提供专业精神科服务具有潜力和吸引力，但令人惊讶的是，在这方面，系统评估他们的观点的关注度却非常有限。例如，对于接受首发精神病治疗的年轻人（FEP）在多大程度上愿意将新技术用于心理健康护理，以及他们愿意接受哪种类型的基于技术的心理健康干预措施，目前所知甚少。
本研究旨在评估 FEP 青年使用技术获取心理健康信息、服务和支持的兴趣。
本研究采用横断面描述性调查设计。从两个专门的精神病早期干预项目中招募了 67 名年龄在 18 岁至 35 岁之间的 FEP 青年参与者进行便利抽样。在 2013 年 12 月至 2014 年 10 月期间进行了访谈者管理的调查。报告了描述性统计数据。
在完成调查的 67 名受访者中，大多数（85%，57/67）同意或强烈同意 YouTube 作为与心理健康相关的服务和支持的平台。参与者愿意接受的前五项基于技术的服务是：（1）关于药物治疗的信息（96%，64/67）；（2）关于教育、职业和就业的信息（93%，62/67）；（3）关于治疗和康复的决策工具（93%，62/67）；（4）通过短信发送约会提醒（93%，62/67）；以及（5）关于心理健康、精神病和康复的一般信息（91%，61/67）。自我报告的在线寻求心理健康信息的最大障碍是缺乏互联网搜索的知识（31%，21/67）和在线呈现信息的方式（27%，18/67）。三分之二（67%，45/67）的人表示在网络环境中感到舒适，近一半（48%，32/67）的人表示在在线查看心理健康信息时更喜欢混合格式（例如文本、视频、视觉图形）。
被诊断为 FEP 的年轻人对使用互联网、社交媒体和移动技术来获取与心理健康相关的服务表示感兴趣。进一步关注提高年轻人对各种形式的基于技术的心理健康护理的认识是值得的。未来研究的一个考虑因素是获得关于年轻人观点的更深入的知识，这有助于改进专门的心理健康护理服务中整合技术创新的设计、开发和实施。
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