ArticleFrontiers in digital health2025
Improving adolescents' knowledge about mental health and depression: a randomized experimental study of web-based information.
Article in Frontiers in digital health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05300217 (Evaluating the Efficacy and the Acceptability of the Website "Ich Bin Alles" to Improve Depression Literacy in Adolescents), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluating the Efficacy and the Acceptability of the Website "Ich Bin Alles" to Improve Depression Literacy in Adolescents
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Enhancing patient knowledge and behaviour through digital health communication: a systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis of mobile, web-based, social media, telehealth, and AI-enabled interventions.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluation of an online training course for educational professionals on depression and mental health in childhood and adolescence.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Adolescents often lack adequate knowledge about mental health and available professional support, which hinders timely help-seeking. As many adolescents seek information online, providing reliable web-based resources may enhance their mental health literacy. This randomized experimental study (preregistered at ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05300217) examined the effectiveness and reception of innovative online information designed to improve adolescents' knowledge of depression and mental health. A total of 77 adolescents aged 12-18 years were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (1) web-based information on depression or (2) web-based information on strategies to promote mental health. Both interventions were derived from the evidence-based website "ich bin alles" (English translation: "I am everything"). Primary outcomes were knowledge of depression and knowledge of strategies to promote mental health, assessed immediately after the intervention and at 2- and 4-week follow-ups. Secondary outcomes included perceived visual aesthetics, ease of use, utility, and enjoyment. Adolescents showed significant increases in knowledge of depression [
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