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A Smartphone App (BlueIce) for Young People Who Self-Harm: Open Phase 1 Pre-Post Trial
(2018-01-30)
Background: Recent years have seen a significant increase in the availability of smartphone apps for mental health problems. Despite their proliferation, few apps have been specifically developed for young people, and ...
mHealth Interventions for Self-Harm: Scoping Review
(2021-04)
Background: Self-harm is a growing issue with increasing prevalence rates; however, individuals who self-harm do not often
receive treatment. Mobile health (mHealth) interventions are a possible solution to some of the ...
Technology Matters: BlueIce – using a smartphone app to beat adolescent self‐harm
(2020-06)
Despite the recent proliferation of mental health apps, few
have directly focused on the prevention of self-harm. The
available apps are described and the limited, although
encouraging, outcome data are summarised. The ...
The Acceptability of a Smartphone App (BlueIce) for University Students Who Self-harm
(2022-01)
University students are twice as likely to self-harm than community controls but, unfortunately, help-seeking among this population is particularly low. Given the stigma around self-harm, the face-to-face nature of traditional ...
Beating Adolescent Self-Harm (BASH): a randomised controlled trial comparing usual care versus usual care plus a smartphone self-harm prevention app (BlueIce) in young adolescents aged 12–17 who self-harm: study protocol
(2021-11)
Introduction A mobile app, BlueIce, was codesigned with young people with a history of self-harm to provide them with more accessible and available evidence-based support at times of distress. A preliminary evaluation found ...