A Feasibility Study for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mindhelper - a National Youth Mental Health Promotion Website

Mindhelper is a fully digital youth mental health service reaching out to a large number of young people when and where they need it, with full anonymity. Mindhelper was developed in 2014-2017 by Centre for Telepsychiatry in the Region of Southern Denmark in a partnership with four Danish municipalities. The development of the site was funded by the Danish foundation TrygFonden. The original idea behind the site was inspired by the Australian youth mental health promotion service ReachOut.com. The Mindhelper service was launched in September 2016. From January 2019 Mindhelper received permanent funding through a joint agreement between the five Danish Regions. Mindhelper is Denmark's most comprehensive youth mental health promotion website where young people can seek mental health information, advice, and self-help tools to improve their mental health and well-being. Since it was launched, the site has been very successful in attracting large numbers of visitors.