Examining concurrent validity and item selection of the Wants and Needs Outcome Measure (SWAN-OM) in a web-based therapy service. A research project in partnership with CORC.

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Validating the SWAN-OM single-session measure

Pilot evaluation to assess the effectiveness of youth peer community support via the Kooth online mental wellbeing website

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An Evaluation of clinical effectiveness - Kooth’s community and chat based support

The needs of the UK nation during COVID-19 lockdowns


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Pulse Report, 2021 - The State of the Nation's Mental Health

Kooth & Universities: Exeter, Manchester, 2022.
The helpfulness of web-based mental health and wellbeing forums for providing peer support for young people: A cross-sectional exploration.

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The Helpfulness of Web-Based Mental Health and Well-being Forums for Providing Peer Support for Young People: Cross-sectional Exploration

Examining concurrent validity and item selection of the Wants and Needs Outcome Measure (SWAN-OM) in a web-based therapy service

The Development of Adult SWAN-OM using novel data-science approaches

The aim of the research was to gain an understanding of how young people use an online forum on Kooth for emotional and mental health issues. There was an investigation into what young people discuss and how they seek support on the forum and how the young service users responded to posts to gain an understanding of how young people provided each other with peer-to-peer support.

Peer Communication in Online Mental Health Forums for Young People: Directional and Nondirectional Support

This paper identified patterns of goal-based outcome (GBO) engagement in digital therapy for adults. Goals were examined for level of progress on goal, pattern of engagement with self-set vs. collaboratively-set goals and the influence of key presenting issues on goal progress. 

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The use of goal-based outcome measures in digital therapy with adults: What goals are set, and are they achieved?

Engagement of individuals aged 14–25 years with a digital mental health service during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a cohort study of service usage data. A collaborative research paper between Kooth and University of Swansea


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Community is key - facilitating changing priorities of young people during COVID-19

Kooth & Anna Freud, 2020. Contributing authors: Luís Costa da Silva (Luis.costa@annafreud.org), Aaron Sefi (asefi@kooth.com), Julian Edbrooke-Childs (Julian.childs@annafreud.org)

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Online counselling and goal achievement: Exploring meaningful change and the types of goals progressed by young people

The design and development of an experience measure for a peer community moderated forum in a digital mental health service

A way to measure outcomes from community engagement - introducing the POCEM

The Session Wants and Need Outcome Measure: The Development of a Brief Outcome Measure for Single-Sessions of Web-Based Support. Report in partnership with CORC.

Developing a bespoke measurement tool for single-sessions with young people and clinical experts: The SWAN-OM

Kooth & Universities: Bolton, Manchester, 2022. Exploring the types of therapeutic goals set by university students

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The Therapeutic Goals Set by University Students in an Anonymous Web-Based Therapy and Support Setting

The “one at a time” approach assumes the young person may not return for further sessions and focuses on providing an effective, solution-focused therapeutic contact to address the young person’s wants and needs. 

One and done - scaling mental health support with single sessions

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