Spanish students’ use of the Internet for mental health information and support seeking

Montagni, Ilaria; Parizot, Isabelle; Horgan, Áine; González-Caballero, Juan Luis; Barrios, José Almenara; Lagares‐Franco, Carolina; Peralta-Sáez, Juan-Luis; Chauvin, Pierre; Amaddeo, Francesco

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“…A European multi-center study (France, Ireland, Italy and Spain) 17 was also included. The remaining three studies were conducted in Norway, 18 Spain, 19 and Malaysia. 20 In total, 22,024 participants took part in the selected studies, with individual sample sizes varying from 19 21 to 6,034 participants.…”

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Mental Health-Related Digital Use by University Students: A Systematic Review

Montagni

Tzourio

Cousin

et al. 2020

Telemedicine and e-Health

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Introduction: Mental health problems are common among students at university, representing a major public health concern. The internet and new technologies are widely used by students and represent a significant resource to them for mental health information and support. Aim: The aim of this systematic review is to summarize and critique studies of mental health-related digital use (including purposes, advantages, and barriers) by students worldwide, to support the implementation of future digital mental health interventions targeting university students. Methods: We searched for peer-reviewed articles published between January 2008 and May 2018 by using Pubmed, Google Scholar, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, and SocINDEX. Studies were coded by author, year of publication, country, research design, recruitment and sampling, data collection, analysis method, key findings, and mean quality score. Outcomes were synthetized through the textual narrative synthesis method. Results: Of the 1,487 titles and abstracts screened, 24 articles were critically reviewed. Sample sizes ranged from 19 to 6,034 participants. The two key findings were that students worldwide have a high need for mental health information and are prepared to use digital tools for their mental health and wellbeing. However, they are currently struggling to discern trustworthy information online and are expressing a desire for reliable devices handling their sensitive data. Conclusions: Through the description of patterns in university students' mental health-related digital use, this review outlines important features for potential web-and mobilebased interventions for promoting mental health and preventing mental illness at the university.

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Mental Health-Related Digital Use by University Students: A Systematic Review

Montagni

Tzourio

Cousin

et al. 2020

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“…Interventions delivered via the internet can be continuously available, accessed anonymously, cost-effective [ 15 , 16 ], scalable, and broadly disseminated [ 17 , 18 ]. University students use the internet frequently and are highly likely to search for information about mental health online [ 19 ]. Moreover, Internet interventions may be viewed as less stigmatizing than traditional approaches to care [ 20 , 21 ], with university students being concerned with perceived stigma associated with accessing on-campus counseling services [ 22 ].…”

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Privacy Issues in the Development of a Virtual Mental Health Clinic for University Students: A Qualitative Study

Gulliver¹,

Bennett²,

Bennett³

et al. 2015

JMIR Mental Health

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BackgroundThere is a growing need to develop online services for university students with the capacity to complement existing services and efficiently address student mental health problems. Previous research examining the development and acceptability of online interventions has revealed that issues such as privacy critically impact user willingness to engage with these services.ObjectiveTo explore university student perspectives on privacy issues related to using an online mental health service within the context of the development of an online, university-based virtual mental health clinic.MethodsThere were two stages of data collection. The first stage consisted of four 1.5-hour focus groups conducted with university students (n=19; 10 female, 9 male, mean age = 21.6 years) to determine their ideas about the virtual clinic including privacy issues. The second stage comprised three 1-hour prototype testing sessions conducted with university students (n=6; 3 male, 3 female, mean age = 21.2 years) using participatory design methods to develop and refine a service model for the virtual clinic and determine student views on privacy within this context.ResultsThe students raised a number of issues related to privacy in relation to the development of the university virtual clinic. Major topics included the types of personal information they would be willing to provide (minimal information and optional mental health data), concern about potential access to their personal data by the university, the perceived stigma associated with registering for the service, and privacy and anonymity concerns related to online forums contained within the virtual clinic.ConclusionsStudents would be more comfortable providing personal information and engaging with the virtual clinic if they trust the privacy and security of the service. Implications of this study include building the clinic in a flexible way to accommodate user preferences.

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“…In a study of e-mental health use among university students, women used it more than men did, and 78% did not trust what they found. They felt e-mental health made it easy to access significant amounts of information, but that it could be unreliable (Montagni et al, 2016).…”

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