Phone-Based Text Therapy for Youth Mental Health: Rapid Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental illness has become a prevalent issue impacting adolescents worldwide. Many barriers, including stigma and poor health literacy, prevent this population group from accessing reliable mental health care services. Synchronous text-therapy counseling is an underused therapeutic approach in combating adolescent mental illness. Phone-based text therapy is uniquely placed to offer personalized counseling to adolescents through a familiar and engaging treatment modality.

Objective

This rapid review aims to understand the clinical effectiveness, usability, and accessibility of phone-based text therapy for youth mental health.

Methods

Cochrane CENTRAL, Embase, PubMed, and PsycINFO were used to search for suitable literature. Five groups of keywords were used:

SUBMITTER: Karnik V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10755647 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature