Young People’s Experiences Using a Digital Mental Health Tool to Support Their Care in a Real-World Service: Lived Experience–Led Qualitative Study

Abstract BackgroundThe uptake of digital mental health tools (DMHTs) in mental health services is suboptimal, limiting key avenues to facilitate personalized and measurement-based care. This misses critical opportunities for enhanced patient-clinician communication, improved a...

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Published in:	JMIR Mental Health
Main Authors:	Carla Gorban, Min K Chong, Adam Poulsen, Ashlee Turner, Haley M LaMonica, Sarah McKenna, Elizabeth M Scott, Ian B Hickie, Frank Iorfino
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	JMIR Publications 2025-06-01
Online Access:	https://mental.jmir.org/2025/1/e70154

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