Adolescent Digital Mental Health-Kenya Effectiveness

mSELY is a preventive intervention tool to be used by adolescents and/or their parents as a self-help support modality. The mSELY-A is designed for adolescents to self-evaluate and manage psychological wellbeing/mental health needs, as well as to gain resources and access and connect with adolescent peers.The mSELY integrates 4 key mental health service functions: i) screening for common mental health problems (anxiety, depression, conduct problems) in adolescents and social-cognitive-behavioral-environmental risks in multiple domains; ii) a strength and weakness profile for adolescents' behaviors (to promote self-awareness); iii) tailored mental health literacy and promotion strategies, and iv) tailored referral resources (ii to iv are to be generated from the i screening results).

mSELY is a preventive intervention tool to be used by adolescents and/or their parents as a self-help support modality. The mSELY-P is designed for parents to self-evaluate their adolescent's development and mental health, gain awareness about their adolescent's mental health status, and learn strategies and resources to support adolescents' mental health. The mSELY integrates 4 key mental health service functions: i) screening for common mental health problems (anxiety, depression, conduct problems) in adolescents and social-cognitive-behavioral-environmental risks in multiple domains; ii) a strength and weakness profile for adolescents' behaviors (to promote self-awareness); iii) tailored mental health literacy and promotion strategies, and iv) tailored referral resources (ii to iv are to be generated from the i screening results).

The toolkit will have the same screening questions, with information, but without any decision support functions.