Frontline professionals’ use of and attitudes towards technology to support interventions for adolescents with depression symptoms: A mixed methods survey
Maria E Loades,
Bethany Cliffe,
Grace Perry
Abstract:Depression is common in adolescence, and subthreshold symptoms even more so. Untreated, it is disabling. Yet, upscaling traditional clinic-based provision would be prohibitively expensive. We aimed to investigate frontline, non-specialist professionals’ use of and attitudes towards technology to increase the availability of early help. Method Cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of professionals in the UK ( N = 115, including low intensity practitioners, GPs, education staff, school nurses). The surv… Show more
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