A Caregiver Digital Intervention to Support Shared Decision Making in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Development Process and Stakeholder Involvement Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parents and caregivers are generally recognized by literature and the law as key to child and adolescent mental health decisions. Digital interventions are increasingly being used to support care and treatment in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). However, evidence of the design and development process is generally not made available.

Objective

In light of calls for more transparency, this paper aims to describe the development of an evidence-based, theoretically informed digital decision support intervention for parents and caregivers of young people accessing CAMHS.

Methods

The intervention was developed in line with the UK Medical Research Council framework for developing complex interventions. The process incorporated the steps for dev

SUBMITTER: Liverpool S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8277368 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature