Fighting against self‐stigma in adults with self‐reported diagnosis of OCD: A single‐arm pilot study using a mobile app‐based intervention
British Journal of Clinical Psychology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Март 10, 2025
Abstract
Background
Obsessive‐compulsive
disorder
(OCD)
is
a
disabling
disorder,
and
self‐stigma
negatively
impacts
quality
of
life,
symptom
severity
self‐esteem.
esTOCma
smartphone‐based
serious
game
developed
to
increase
knowledge
about
OCD
reduce
stigma.
It
features
10
missions
using
psychoeducation,
indirect
contact
cognitive
restructuring.
Players
help
characters
escape
the
stigma
monster.
Aims:
To
explore,
in
individuals
with
self‐reported
diagnosis
OCD,
feasibility,
acceptability
preliminary
effectiveness
change
OC
severity,
guilt,
life
Materials
Methods
A
single‐arm
pilot
study
130
participants
who
completed
pre‐,
post‐
3‐month
follow‐up
assessments.
Results
Half
spent
9–10‐days
playing
app
most
them
found
it
useful/very
useful
easy
use.
Self‐stigma
was
associated
higher
symptoms,
guilt
lower
self‐esteem
OCD.
After
app,
showed
levels
self‐stigma,
symptoms
Changes
were
maintained
or
increased
at
follow‐up.
Discussion
feasible
acceptable
that
could
people
their
understanding
dismiss
same
time
life.
replication
control
sample
needed
validate
our
findings.
Conclusion
Tools
like
accessible
24/7,
offer
means
tackle
detrimental
effects.
Язык: Английский
Mitigate or exacerbate? Assessing digital engagement's impact on mental health inequalities across gender and urban–rural divides
Digital Health,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
11
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Objectives
Mental
health
inequalities
have
increasingly
become
an
important
factor
affecting
social
well-being.
Existing
researches
focused
on
the
impact
of
digital
mental
health,
but
there
is
lack
research
exploring
engagement
inequalities.
Methods
Based
data
from
China
Family
Panel
Studies
(CFPS)
wave
2020,
this
study
analyzed
effects
adult
and
using
multinomial
OLS
models
RIF
models.
Further,
mitigating
gender
urban–rural
were
calculated
decomposition.
Results
Digital
positively
predicts
level
Chinese
adults,
at
same
time
mitigates
among
including
between
genders
urban
rural
areas,
effect
stronger
areas.
In
addition,
diminished
with
increasing
levels;
however,
was
low
high
levels.
Conclusions
Both
inequality
are
evident
adults.
can
alleviate
overall
inequalities,
while
enhancing
health.
This
provides
new
insights
into
how
best
to
mitigate
in
era.
Язык: Английский
Approved trends and product characteristics of digital therapeutics in four countries
npj Digital Medicine,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
8(1)
Опубликована: Май 26, 2025
Digital
therapeutics
(DTx)
provide
innovative
treatment
options.
In
this
study,
we
identified
and
compared
approved
DTx
in
China,
the
US,
Germany,
Belgium.
total,
507
applications
were
(US,
192;
235;
55;
Belgium,
25).
China
has
most,
whereas
US
initiated
approval
as
early
2017.
most
focus
on
disease
(88.09%),
particularly
for
neurological
(45.96%)
ophthalmic
(21.28%)
diseases.
The
Belgium
emphasize
management
(US:
52.60%,
Belgium:
72.00%),
Germany
focuses
of
mental
behavioral
disorders
(47.27%).
Regarding
therapeutic
approaches,
China's
predominantly
utilizes
computerized
cognitive
correction
(26.38%),
primarily
rely
health
status
monitoring
44.27%;
80.00%).
Germany's
employs
therapy
(69.09%).
An
online
database
was
established
to
ensure
ease
access.
Future
studies
should
generating
further
evidence
support
broader
adoption
DTx.
Язык: Английский
Assessment of Public Stigma, Mental Health Literacy, and Help‐Seeking Intentions Based on Different Dimensions of Obsessive–Compulsive Content: A Study of the Spanish Mental Health‐Naïve Population
Brain and Behavior,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(12)
Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024
ABSTRACT
Background
Obsessive–compulsive
(OC)
disorder
is
a
debilitating
with
high
delay
in
help‐seeking
that
could
be
associated
two
barriers
may
differ
between
OC
content
dimensions:
public
stigma
and
mental
health
literacy.
Objectives
We
aim
to
describe
analyze
the
differences
among
dimensions
stigma,
social
distance
desire,
literacy,
intention
sample
of
health‐naïve
population.
Methods
A
total
487
participants
from
Spanish
community
no
previous
knowledge
or
experience
OCD
were
randomly
allocated
one
six
vignettes
describing
person
symptoms
out
contents
(i.e.,
aggression/harm;
sexual;
religious/blasphemous/immoral;
contamination/washing;
doubts/checking;
superstition/symmetry/order).
After
reading
vignette,
completed
following
questionnaires
their
vignette:
Attribution
Questionnaire,
General
Help‐Seeking
Social
Distance
Scale,
Mental
Health
Literacy
Questionnaire.
Results
There
significant
on
variables
interest.
Aggression/harm
was
highest
discriminating
together
religious/blasphemous/immoral
desire.
Although
appear
seek
for
formal
treatment,
would
request
less
informal
support
sexual
than
other
categories.
Contamination,
doubts/checking,
superstition/symmetry/order
more
frequently
identified
as
OCD,
although
only
around
50%
sexual,
superstition/symmetry/order,
problem.
Conclusions
Interventions
reduce
increase
help
seeking
are
necessary
should
consider
heterogeneity.
Язык: Английский