Are people with severe mental illness ready for online interventions? Access and use of the Internet in Australian mental health service users
| Autor: | Fiona Foley, Neil Thomas, Katrina Lindblom, Stuart James Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Mental Health Services medicine.medical_specialty business.product_category Victoria 020205 medical informatics Psychological intervention 02 engineering and technology Health Services Accessibility Mental health service 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Mentally Ill Persons 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Internet access medicine Humans Psychiatry Mental health service delivery Internet business.industry Mental Disorders Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care Mental illness medicine.disease Telemedicine 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Schizophrenia Female The Internet business |
| Zdroj: | Australasian Psychiatry. 25:257-261 |
| ISSN: | 1440-1665 1039-8562 |
| Popis: | Objectives: The Internet is increasingly used in mental health service delivery, but there are significant potential barriers to Internet access for persons with severe mental illness (SMI). There is a need to understand this group’s access to, and confidence with using, the Internet, and current views on using online resources as part of mental healthcare. Method: A survey was conducted of 100 consumers attending a specialist mental health service in Melbourne, Australia. Results: Approximately three-quarters of participants had regular access to the Internet, and two-thirds used the Internet weekly or more. Half of the sample used email at least weekly, and a third were regular users of social networking sites. Internet access was often via mobile devices. Only a minority of participants used the Internet for mental health information, with video streaming and general websites accessed more often than peer forums for mental health content. Most participants were positive about their mental health worker using tablet computers with them in appointments for delivery of mental health materials. Conclusion: Most people with SMI are active Internet users and, therefore, able to use interventions online. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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