A Novel Multimodal Digital Service (Moderated Online Social Therapy+) for Help-Seeking Young People Experiencing Mental Ill-Health: Pilot Evaluation Within a National Youth E-Mental Health Service

Mario Alvarez-Jimenez   ^{1, 2} , BSc(Hons), DClinPsy, MAResearchMeth, PhD ;   Simon Rice   ^{1, 2} , BBSc, DipEd, BSc (Hons), GradDipClinEpi, MPsych (Clin), PhD ;   Simon D'Alfonso   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Steven Leicester   ⁴ , BEd, MPsych, PhD ;   Sarah Bendall   ^{1, 2} , BA, PGDipClinPsych, MA, PhD ;   Ingrid Pryor   ^{1, 2} , BA (Hons), MClinPsych (Clin) ;   Penni Russon   ^{1, 5} , BA (Hons) ;   Carla McEnery   ^{1, 2, 6} , BPsychSci (Hons), PhD ;   Olga Santesteban-Echarri   ⁷ , MSc (ClinPsych), PhD ;   Gustavo Da Costa   ³ , BEng (Elect & Elect) (Hons), MEng (Elect & Elect) (Distinct), MIT ;   Tamsyn Gilbertson   ¹ , BA (Hons), MSc, MPsych (Clin) ;   Lee Valentine   ^{1, 2} , BA, MSocWk ;   Laia Solves   ⁸ , BSc ;   Aswin Ratheesh   ^{1, 2} , MD Psychiatry, PhD ;   Patrick D McGorry   ^{1, 2} , MD Psychiatry, PhD ;   John Gleeson   ^{9, 10} , BA (Hons), MPsych (Clin), PhD

¹ Orygen, Parkville, Australia

² Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

³ The School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

⁴ headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation, Melbourne, Australia

⁵ School of Culture and Communications, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

⁶ Centre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia

⁷ Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Psychiatry Department, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁸ Consorci Sanitari del Maresme, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of Mataro, Mataro, Spain

⁹ School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia

¹⁰ Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia