We don't need more apps, we need connection: recommender systems as under-explored chance to promote students' mental health at universities.

ABSTRACT: Recent research indicates that more than one-third of university students globally experience substantial stress, mild anxiety symptoms, and mild or moderate-severe depressive symptoms, respectively. Despite the clear need, existing well-established mental health services (MHS) at universities, ranging from on-site health promotion programs to mobile health apps, are rarely used by students. Barriers for uptake include on the one hand person-specific factors, such as lack of problem awareness or knowledge about available services, and on the other hand challenges related to support structures like complex registration processes, limited resources or insufficient implementation of MHS. Low-threshold, personalized approaches could improve the accessibility, acceptance, and use of existing MH

SUBMITTER: Apolinario-Hagen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12813139 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature