Association For Child And Adolescent Mental Health (acamh)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.24330 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Maria Loades discusses her co-authored Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal paper ‘Technology Matters: Online, self-help single session interventions could expand current provision, improving early access to help for young people with depression symptoms, including minority groups‘ (https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12659). There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: How do single session interventions work and what they entail. The drop-out rate among young people for repeat attendance interventions. The groups of young people that are more likely to drop-out of repeat attendance interventions. Why young people often disengage from the repeat attendance model of care. The advantages of single session interventions. Effectiveness of single session interventions on depression symptoms. Single session interventions as an expansion, rather than a replacement, of current