title: European Psychiatric Association (EPA) guidance on the quality of eMental health interventions in the treatment of psychotic disorders.
abstract: The main aim was to develop recommendations on eMental health interventions for the treatment of psychotic disorders. A systematic literature search on eMental health interventions was performed, and 24 articles about interventions in psychotic disorders were retrieved and systematically assessed for their quality. Studies were characterized by a large heterogeneity with regard to study type, sample sizes, interventions and outcome measures. Five graded recommendations were developed dealing with the feasibility of eMental health interventions, beneficial effects of psychoeducation, preliminary results of clinical efficacy, the need of moderation in peer support eMental health groups and the need to develop quality standards.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany. wolfgang.gaebel@uni-duesseldorf.de.|LVR Institute for Healthcare Research, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Bergische Landstr. 2, 40629, Düsseldorf, Germany. wolfgang.gaebel@uni-duesseldorf.de.|WHO Collaborating Center for Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany. wolfgang.gaebel@uni-duesseldorf.de.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gaebel
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.|LVR Institute for Healthcare Research, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Bergische Landstr. 2, 40629, Düsseldorf, Germany.|WHO Collaborating Center for Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Isabell
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Großimlinghaus
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Ariane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kerst
authors.affiliation: GAMIAN-Europe, Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks in Europe, Brussels, Belgium.|WFMH, World Federation for Mental Health, Occoquan, USA.|Enosh, the Israeli Mental Health Association, Kfar Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: Yoram
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hinsche-Böckenholt
authors.affiliation: European Federation of Associations of Families of People with Mental Illness, Louvain, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bert
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Little Prince Psychiatric Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Davor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mucic
authors.affiliation: Trimbos Instituut, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ionela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Petrea
authors.affiliation: Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany.|University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Wulf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rössler
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thornicroft
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.|LVR Institute for Healthcare Research, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Bergische Landstr. 2, 40629, Düsseldorf, Germany.|WHO Collaborating Center for Quality Assurance and Empowerment in Mental Health, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zielasek
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Mental health care; Mobile health; Psychotic disorders; Schizophrenia; Severe mental illness; Treatment; eMental health