Archive for Month: June

Acceptability, use and safety of the BlueIce self-harm prevention app: qualitative findings from the Beating Adolescent Self-Harm (BASH) randomised controlled trial

Background

Little is known about the social validity of self-harm prevention apps for young adolescents with severe mental health problems who repeatedly self-harm.

Objective

We assessed the acceptability, use and safety of BlueIce, a self-harm prevention app for young adolescents who self-harm.

Methods

Mixed...

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Exploring the minimal important difference in the treatment of paediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Background

The Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CYBOCS) is a clinician rated instrument developed to quantify severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents.1 Although the CYBOCS is the gold standard for outcome in clinical research and practice, the...

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