Published on in Vol 2, No 2 (2015): April-June

Online Peer-to-Peer Support for Young People With Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review

Online Peer-to-Peer Support for Young People With Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review

Online Peer-to-Peer Support for Young People With Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Review

Journals

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  6. Lee J, Frey M, Frey P, Hollin I, Wu A. Seeing is Engaging: Vlogs as a Tool for Patient Engagement. The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 2017;10(3):267 View
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  16. Apolinário-Hagen J, Kemper J, Stürmer C. Public Acceptability of E-Mental Health Treatment Services for Psychological Problems: A Scoping Review. JMIR Mental Health 2017;4(2):e10 View
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  19. Easton K, Diggle J, Ruethi-Davis M, Holmes M, Byron-Parker D, Nuttall J, Blackmore C. Qualitative Exploration of the Potential for Adverse Events When Using an Online Peer Support Network for Mental Health: Cross-Sectional Survey. JMIR Mental Health 2017;4(4):e49 View
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  23. Lindberg S, Svedberg P, Bergquist M, Nygren J. Evaluating Digital Peer Support for Children Cured from Cancer. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction 2017;33(8):664 View
  24. Lattie E, Kashima K, Duffecy J. An open trial of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for first year medical students. Internet Interventions 2019;18:100279 View
  25. Nolan S, Hendricks J, Williamson M, Ferguson S. Social networking sites (SNS) as a tool for midwives to enhance social capital for adolescent mothers. Midwifery 2018;62:119 View
  26. Sumner S, Galik S, Mathieu J, Ward M, Kiley T, Bartholow B, Dingwall A, Mork P. Temporal and Geographic Patterns of Social Media Posts About an Emerging Suicide Game. Journal of Adolescent Health 2019;65(1):94 View
  27. Hanley T, Prescott J, Gomez K. A systematic review exploring how young people use online forums for support around mental health issues. Journal of Mental Health 2019;28(5):566 View
  28. Ross S. Policy, practice and regulatory issues in mobile technology treatment for forensic clients. European Journal of Probation 2018;10(1):44 View
  29. Zhang S, Bantum E, Owen J, Bakken S, Elhadad N. Online cancer communities as informatics intervention for social support: conceptualization, characterization, and impact. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2017;24(2):451 View
  30. McGranahan R, Rennick-Egglestone S, Ramsay A, Llewellyn-Beardsley J, Bradstreet S, Callard F, Priebe S, Slade M. Curation of Mental Health Recovery Narrative Collections: Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis. JMIR Mental Health 2019;6(10):e14233 View
  31. Carolan S, de Visser R. Employees’ Perspectives on the Facilitators and Barriers to Engaging With Digital Mental Health Interventions in the Workplace: Qualitative Study. JMIR Mental Health 2018;5(1):e8 View
  32. Drost L, van der Krieke L, Iedema‐den Boer Z, Sytema S, Schippers G. Social support in chat sessions for adolescents and young adults living with a family member with mental illness. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2018;27(2):683 View
  33. Harerimana A, Mtshali N. Using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis to understand the role of technology in nursing education. Nurse Education Today 2020;92:104490 View
  34. Flickinger T, DeBolt C, Xie A, Kosmacki A, Grabowski M, Waldman A, Reynolds G, Conaway M, Cohn W, Ingersoll K, Dillingham R. Addressing Stigma Through a Virtual Community for People Living with HIV: A Mixed Methods Study of the PositiveLinks Mobile Health Intervention. AIDS and Behavior 2018;22(10):3395 View
  35. Griffiths K, Carron-Arthur B, Reynolds J, Bennett K, Bennett A. User characteristics and usage of an open access moderated internet support group for depression and other mental disorders: A prospective study. Internet Interventions 2017;7:9 View
  36. Myneni S, Cobb N, Cohen T. In Pursuit of Theoretical Ground in Behavior Change Support Systems: Analysis of Peer-to-Peer Communication in a Health-Related Online Community. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2016;18(2):e28 View
  37. Sirola A, Kaakinen M, Savolainen I, Oksanen A. Loneliness and online gambling-community participation of young social media users. Computers in Human Behavior 2019;95:136 View
  38. Alvarez-Jimenez M, Rice S, D'Alfonso S, Leicester S, Bendall S, Pryor I, Russon P, McEnery C, Santesteban-Echarri O, Da Costa G, Gilbertson T, Valentine L, Solves L, Ratheesh A, McGorry P, Gleeson J. A Novel Multimodal Digital Service (Moderated Online Social Therapy+) for Help-Seeking Young People Experiencing Mental Ill-Health: Pilot Evaluation Within a National Youth E-Mental Health Service. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2020;22(8):e17155 View
  39. Lindberg S, Jormfeldt H, Bergquist M. Unlocking design potential: Design with people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Informatics for Health and Social Care 2019;44(1):31 View
  40. Marks B, Sisirak J, Magallanes R, Krok K, Donohue-Chase D. Effectiveness of a HealthMessages Peer-to-Peer Program for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 2019;57(3):242 View
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  42. Lee N, Buchanan K, Yu M. Each post matters: a content analysis of #mentalhealth images on Instagram. Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine 2020;43(3):128 View
  43. Figueras Bates C. Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Mitigation in Advice. Corpus Pragmatics 2020;4(1):31 View
  44. Rice S, Gleeson J, Davey C, Hetrick S, Parker A, Lederman R, Wadley G, Murray G, Herrman H, Chambers R, Russon P, Miles C, D'Alfonso S, Thurley M, Chinnery G, Gilbertson T, Eleftheriadis D, Barlow E, Cagliarini D, Toh J, McAlpine S, Koval P, Bendall S, Jansen J, Hamilton M, McGorry P, Alvarez‐Jimenez M. Moderated online social therapy for depression relapse prevention in young people: pilot study of a ‘next generation’ online intervention. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2018;12(4):613 View
  45. Miller J, Cooley M, Niu C, Segress M, Fletcher J, Bowman K, Littrell L. Support, information seeking, and homophily in a virtual support group for adoptive parents: Impact on perceived empathy. Children and Youth Services Review 2019;101:151 View
  46. Ma X, Sayama H. Mental disorder recovery correlated with centralities and interactions on an online social network. PeerJ 2015;3:e1163 View
  47. Toscos T, Coupe A, Flanagan M, Drouin M, Carpenter M, Reining L, Roebuck A, Mirro M. Teens Using Screens for Help: Impact of Suicidal Ideation, Anxiety, and Depression Levels on Youth Preferences for Telemental Health Resources. JMIR Mental Health 2019;6(6):e13230 View
  48. Batchelor R, Pitman E, Sharpington A, Stock M, Cage E. Student perspectives on mental health support and services in the UK. Journal of Further and Higher Education 2020;44(4):483 View
  49. Kidd J, Ziebland S. Narratives of experience of mental health and illness on healthtalk.org. BJPsych Bulletin 2016;40(5):273 View
  50. Stawarz K, Preist C, Coyle D. Use of Smartphone Apps, Social Media, and Web-Based Resources to Support Mental Health and Well-Being: Online Survey. JMIR Mental Health 2019;6(7):e12546 View
  51. Kruzan K, Won A. Embodied well-being through two media technologies: Virtual reality and social media. New Media & Society 2019;21(8):1734 View
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  56. Roystonn K, Vaingankar J, Chua B, Sambasivam R, Shafie S, Jeyagurunathan A, Verma S, Abdin E, Chong S, Subramaniam M. The Public Health Impact and Policy Implications of Online Support Group Use for Mental Health in Singapore: Cross-Sectional Survey. JMIR Mental Health 2020;7(8):e18114 View
  57. Smith-Frigerio S. “You are Not Alone”: Linking Peer Support to Information and Resources for Mental Health Concerns in Advocacy Groups’ Social Media Messaging. Health Communication 2021;36(14):1980 View
  58. Welch V, Petkovic J, Simeon R, Presseau J, Gagnon D, Hossain A, Pardo Pardo J, Pottie K, Rader T, Sokolovski A, Yoganathan M, Tugwell P, DesMeules M. Interactive social media interventions for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2018 View
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  60. Kim S, Marsch L, Brunette M, Dallery J. Harnessing Facebook for Smoking Reduction and Cessation Interventions: Facebook User Engagement and Social Support Predict Smoking Reduction. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2017;19(5):e168 View
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  62. Ramsden R, Colbran R, Christopher E, Edwards M. The role of digital technology in providing education, training, continuing professional development and support to the rural health workforce. Health Education 2022;122(2):126 View
  63. Andalibi N, Flood M. Considerations in Designing Digital Peer Support for Mental Health: Interview Study Among Users of a Digital Support System (Buddy Project). JMIR Mental Health 2021;8(1):e21819 View
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  69. Tan Y, Rehm I, Stevenson J, De Foe A. Social Media Peer Support Groups for Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders: Understanding the Predictors of Negative Experiences. Journal of Affective Disorders 2021;281:661 View
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Books/Policy Documents

  1. Barry M. Implementing Mental Health Promotion. View
  2. Bender J. Novel Applications of Virtual Communities in Healthcare Settings. View
  3. Apolinário-Hagen J. The Digitization of Healthcare. View
  4. Colditz J, Woods M, Primack B. Technology and Adolescent Mental Health. View
  5. Kirk S, Milnes L. Self-Management of Young People with Chronic Conditions. View
  6. Borgetto B, Wuensche I, Wittmar S. Gesundheitswissenschaften. View
  7. Ingram W, Khanna R, Weston C. Mental Health Informatics. View
  8. Borgetto B, Wuensche I, Wittmar S. Gesundheitswissenschaften. View
  9. Areán P, Allred R. Digital Therapeutics for Mental Health and Addiction. View
  10. . L'accompagnement par les pairs. View