An Artificial Therapist (Manage Your Life Online) to Support the Mental Health of Youth: Co-Design and Case Series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of child and adolescent mental health issues is increasing faster than the number of services available, leading to a shortfall. Mental health chatbots are a highly scalable method to address this gap. Manage Your Life Online (MYLO) is an artificially intelligent chatbot that emulates the method of levels therapy. Method of levels is a therapy that uses curious questioning to support the sustained awareness and exploration of current problems.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a co-designed interface for MYLO in young people aged 16 to 24 years with mental health problems.

Methods

An iterative co-design phase occurred over 4 months, in which feedback was elicited from a group of young people (n=7) with

SUBMITTER: Wrightson-Hester AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403793 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature