Examining the Impact of Youth Mental Health Services Capacity Growth Trajectories and Digital Interventions on Youth Mental Health Outcomes: System Dynamics Modeling Analysis
The findings emphasize digital technologies as an effective interim and long-term solution to mitigate the slow and uncertain growth in the specialized MH workforce. However, simulation results showed that achieving sustained long-term improvements necessitates concurrent investment in expanding the specialized MH workforce, as digital interventions alone cannot compensate for degradation in specialized services capacity. A strategic combined approach offers the most effective pathway to improving YMH outcomes.
Authors
- Kim‐Huong Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2592-9372)
- Yun Ju Christine Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8776-6305)
- Dieu Lam
- Victoria Loblay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4094-9619)
- Seyed Hossein Hosseini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0400-5613)
- Samantha Huntley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2137-5755)
- Paul Crosland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6445-7486)
- Sarah Piper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3344-0382)
- Jo‐An Occhipinti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-1092)
- Kristen Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3544-1696)
- Shahana Ferdousi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0739-4394)
- Ian Bernard Hickie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8832-9895)
- Sithum Munasinghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-1889)
- Adam Skinner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9823-1506)
- Garner Clancey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7658-1938)
- Catherine Vacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6923-0993)
- Olivia Iannelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4881-2900)
- Nicholas Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9843-0866)
- S. Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7317-8317)
- Zoe Waterhouse-Bushnell
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Translational Research Institute (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2025-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/71256
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.44