A Virtual Mental Health Clinic for University Students: A Qualitative Study of End-User Service Needs and Priorities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Help seeking for mental health problems among university students is low, and Internet-based interventions such as virtual clinics have the potential to provide private, streamlined, and high quality care to this vulnerable group.

Objective

The objective of this study was to conduct focus groups with university students to obtain input on potential functions and features of a university-specific virtual clinic for mental health.

Methods

Participants were 19 undergraduate students from an Australian university between 19 and 24 years of age. Focus group discussion was structured by questions that addressed the following topics: (1) the utility and acceptability of a virtual mental health clinic for students, and (2) potential features of a virtual mental hea

SUBMITTER: Farrer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4607392 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature