Considerations for evaluating digital mental health tools remotely- reflections after a randomized trial of Thought Spot

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¹ Office of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Information Management Group, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; UHN Digital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Office of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Office of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Office of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Health and Wellness, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁸ Health and Wellness, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁹ Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
¹⁰ Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
¹¹ Office of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; UHN Digital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: david.wiljer@uhn.ca.

PMID: 33725530
PMCID: PMC8807138
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.02.010

Randomized Controlled Trial

Considerations for evaluating digital mental health tools remotely- reflections after a randomized trial of Thought Spot

Brian Lo et al. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2021 May-Jun.

. 2021 May-Jun:70:76-77.

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.02.010. Epub 2021 Feb 28.

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¹ Office of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Information Management Group, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; UHN Digital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
² Office of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Office of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Office of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Health and Wellness, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁸ Health and Wellness, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁹ Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
¹⁰ Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
¹¹ Office of Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; UHN Digital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: david.wiljer@uhn.ca.

PMID: 33725530
PMCID: PMC8807138
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.02.010

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