02/07/2025
๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ-๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ?
A recent study on ๐ท๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ด๐๐ผ๐บ๐ด๐๐ธ, developed by ๐ด๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐, ๐ซ๐๐๐๐
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๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ from the University of Haifa (Israel), offers new insights into this question.
Blended careโintegrating face-to-face therapy with digital toolsโholds great promise for improving outcomes in psychosis treatment by boosting accessibility and patient engagement. However, most such interventions have only been tested in controlled research environments. When one of these was implemented in everyday clinical practice, it failed to deliver the expected engagement and effectiveness.
This study is the first to design and evaluate a blended care intervention directly within a real-world setting, specifically targeting NAVIGATE, a coordinated specialty care program for individuals experiencing first-episode psychosis.
Both clients and providers acknowledged the potential of integrating digital tools, and clients expressed willingness to use them. Yet, once Digital NAVIGATE became available, actual desire to adopt the program was surprisingly low.
A key finding: clientsโ initial expressed interest in using the tool strongly predicted their actual engagement laterโrevealing a gap between stated attitudes and real-world behaviors.
These results highlight the importance of rethinking how digital mental health tools are developed and implemented, especially when integrating them into existing treatment frameworks.
๐ Authors:
Mayan Cohen, David Roe, Amit Baumel
Affiliation: University of Haifa, Israel
