Adolescents' Views on Mental Health Mobile Apps

What is it about?

This paper describes a focus group study exploring adolescents' needs from mental health mobile apps.

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Why is it important?

Findings indicated that safety, engagement and functionality are key factors that young people consider important in mental health mobile apps. Other salient components discussed included social interaction, awareness, accessibility, gender considerations and the importance of putting young people in control These findings provide a valuable reference for multi-disciplinary teams involved in the design and development of mobile apps for well-being.