Evaluation of a web-based information platform on youth depression and mental health in parents of adolescents with a history of depression.

ABSTRACT: Research shows the important role of parents' mental health literacy in detecting depressive symptoms and supporting their children to seek professional help. Improving mental health literacy in parents has recently gained even greater importance due to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents' mental health. The aim of the present experimental pre-post-follow-up study was to examine knowledge change after the reception of contents from an innovative web-based platform ( www.ich-bin-alles.de/eltern ) containing evidence-based information on youth depression and mental health in parents of adolescents with a history of depression. A second aim was to assess evaluation of the layout and the acceptance of the platform. N = 33 parents of adolescents with a histo

SUBMITTER: Iglhaut L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10787406 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature