"I Wanted to See How Bad it Was": Online Self-screening as a Critical Transition Point Among Young Adults with Common Mental Health Conditions.

Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Epub Date: 2022-04-29 DOI:10.1145/3491102.3501976

Kaylee Payne Kruzan, Jonah Meyerhoff, Theresa Nguyen, David C Mohr, Madhu Reddy, Rachel Kornfield

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Young adults have high rates of mental health conditions, yet they are the age group least likely to seek traditional treatment. They do, however, seek information about their mental health online, including by filling out online mental health screeners. To better understand online self-screening, and its role in help-seeking, we conducted focus groups with 50 young adults who voluntarily completed a mental health screener hosted on an advocacy website. We explored (1) catalysts for taking the screener, (2) anticipated outcomes, (3) reactions to the results, and (4) desired next steps. For many participants, the screener results validated their lived experiences of symptoms, but they were nevertheless unsure how to use the information to improve their mental health moving forward. Our findings suggest that online screeners can serve as a transition point in young people's mental health journeys. We discuss design implications for online screeners, post-screener feedback, and digital interventions broadly.

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"我想看看情况有多糟糕"：在线自我筛查是患有常见精神疾病的年轻人的关键过渡点。

年轻人的心理健康问题发病率很高，但他们却是最不可能寻求传统治疗的年龄组。不过，他们确实会通过网络，包括填写在线心理健康筛查表来寻求有关自己心理健康的信息。为了更好地了解在线自我筛查及其在寻求帮助中的作用，我们与 50 名自愿填写了一个宣传网站上的心理健康筛查表的年轻人进行了焦点小组讨论。我们探讨了：（1）参加筛查的诱因；（2）预期结果；（3）对筛查结果的反应；（4）希望采取的下一步措施。对于许多参与者来说，筛查结果验证了他们在生活中的症状体验，但他们并不确定如何利用这些信息来改善自己的心理健康。我们的研究结果表明，在线筛查器可以作为年轻人心理健康历程中的一个过渡点。我们讨论了在线筛查器、筛查后反馈以及广泛的数字干预的设计意义。

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