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  • Public Health
  • Veterans Affairs

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  • Traditional mental health services are insufficient for at-risk populations, particularly where stigma hinders help-seeking.
  • Veterans face unique challenges, and online communities offer potential avenues for support.
  • Stack Up, a non-profit, identified a need within its gaming community for accessible mental health resources.

Observation:

  • The Overwatch Program was developed by Stack Up to address suicide prevention and crisis intervention.
  • The program leverages existing online gaming communities and platforms like Discord for delivery.
  • Trained community members provide support through text and voice chat, creating a peer-led model.

Findings:

  • The program integrates virtual gaming community aspects with veteran mental health support.
  • It offers an innovative, community-based peer support format for crisis intervention.
  • An ongoing evaluation project is assessing the program's effectiveness and gathering lessons learned.

Implications:

  • This model demonstrates a novel approach to delivering mental health and crisis support to underserved populations.
  • Online gaming communities can be leveraged for effective, stigma-reducing mental health interventions.
  • Findings can inform the development of similar community-based, digitally delivered support programs for at-risk groups.