Abstract

Current data suggest that adolescents spend significant time online and that their use of digital sources to obtain health information and access social networks that support health behaviors far eclipses that of their adult counterparts. In addition, cross-cultural and cross-generational differences in their understanding of mental health often complicate communication between patients and providers as well as adolescents and their families. Given adolescents’ familiarity with the digital landscape, digital interventions represent a unique opportunity for providers to engage adolescents and their families around mental health in a cross-culturally and cross-generationally meaningful way.

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