心理健康临床医生的做法和饮食障碍应用程序的观点
1SEED Lifespan Strategic Research Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Vic. Australia.
Psychiatry research
|February 23, 2025
概括
心理健康临床医生认为智能手机应用程序有潜力用于饮食障碍管理,但缺乏知识和指导阻碍了采用. 需要战略来有效地将这些数字工具整合到临床实践中.
科学领域:
- 数字健康数字健康
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
背景情况:
- 智能手机应用程序在治疗饮食障碍方面表现有前途.
- 尽管有有效性的证据,这些应用程序的广泛临床采用和整合仍然有限.
- 了解临床医生的观点对于有效实施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查心理健康临床医生的当前做法和对使用饮食障碍应用程序的看法.
- 确定这些应用程序在临床环境中集成的障碍和促进者.
主要方法:
- 一项调查对118名心理健康临床医生 (心理学家,精神科医生,心理咨询师,精神病学护士) 进行了调查.
- 该调查评估了当前的应用程序使用,知识,态度和与饮食障碍相关的感知障碍.
主要成果:
- 63%的临床医生曾与客户使用或讨论过应用程序,主要用于症状监测和补充服务.
- 对于非用户 (82%) 来说,一个重要的障碍是缺乏有关适当应用程序推的知识.
- 近50%的人表示对使用饮食障碍应用程序的知识和信心有限,但80%的人愿意将其纳入应用程序.
- 临床医生认识到应用程序对心理教育,技能培养,复发预防和支持的好处.
结论:
- 临床医生对使用应用程序来治疗饮食障碍持乐观态度,但在采用应用程序方面面临重大障碍.
- 解决知识差距和为适当的应用程序选择提供指导是必不可少的.
- 提出了可行的策略,以促进饮食障碍应用程序融入常规临床实践.
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