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  • Digital mental health
  • Adolescent psychology
  • Human-computer interaction

Background:

  • Mobile applications offer significant potential for mental health interventions in adolescents.
  • Research on end-user needs for mental health apps among adolescents is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the needs and concerns of adolescents regarding mental health mobile applications.
  • To inform the development of youth-oriented mental health apps.

Main Methods:

  • Five focus groups were conducted with 34 adolescents aged 15-16 years.
  • Participants discussed their views on mental health mobile technologies and a prototype app.

Main Results:

  • Key factors identified by adolescents include safety, engagement, functionality, social interaction, awareness, accessibility, gender considerations, and user control.
  • Adolescents emphasized the importance of being in control of their mental health app experience.

Conclusions:

  • Adolescent input is vital for creating acceptable and effective mental health mobile applications.
  • Future app development should prioritize user-identified factors like safety, engagement, and control to meet adolescent needs.