TY - JOUR
T1 - Stakeholder perspectives on using and developing the MYPLAN suicide prevention mobile phone application
T2 - A focus group study
AU - Buus, Niels
AU - Erlangsen, Annette
AU - River, Jo
AU - Andreasson, Kate
AU - Frandsen, Hanne
AU - Larsen, Jette Louise Skovgaard
AU - Nordentoft, Merete
AU - Juel, Anette
PY - 2020/1/2
Y1 - 2020/1/2
N2 - The objective of this study was to explore different stakeholder perspectives on the MYPLAN app for suicide prevention safety planning. The study was a comparative analysis of 4 focus groups with Danish MYPLAN stakeholders, young users, adult users, relatives, and clinicians. The focus groups were audio recorded, transcribed, and subjected to a thematic analysis. The analysis contextualized the participants' experiences of the benefits and limitations of MYPLAN. While participants believed that MYPLAN could potentially interrupt early stages of a suicidal process, clinicians' involvement in safety planning was considered important. MYPLAN could potentially give users a sense of increased personal control but learning how to effectively safety plan was not perceived to be simple and additional support should be considered for MYPLAN users.
AB - The objective of this study was to explore different stakeholder perspectives on the MYPLAN app for suicide prevention safety planning. The study was a comparative analysis of 4 focus groups with Danish MYPLAN stakeholders, young users, adult users, relatives, and clinicians. The focus groups were audio recorded, transcribed, and subjected to a thematic analysis. The analysis contextualized the participants' experiences of the benefits and limitations of MYPLAN. While participants believed that MYPLAN could potentially interrupt early stages of a suicidal process, clinicians' involvement in safety planning was considered important. MYPLAN could potentially give users a sense of increased personal control but learning how to effectively safety plan was not perceived to be simple and additional support should be considered for MYPLAN users.
KW - attempted [MeSH]
KW - crisis intervention [MeSH]
KW - mobile applications [MeSH]
KW - primary prevention [MeSH]
KW - self-injurious behavior [MeSH]
KW - suicide
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054598982&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13811118.2018.1489319
DO - 10.1080/13811118.2018.1489319
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 29985770
SN - 1381-1118
VL - 24
SP - 48
EP - 63
JO - Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research
JF - Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research
IS - 1
ER -