2025/04/03 by Chloe Chessell, Rachel Evans, Cathy Creswell · 1 voice
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Child Development and Digital Technology
paper · doi:10.1111/camh.12775
openalex publication_date 2025/04/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Childhood anxiety problems are prevalent and impairing, yet many children are unable to access evidence-based treatment (i.e. cognitive behavioural therapy, CBT). Digitally augmented psychological interventions represent one way to help increase access to CBT for children with mental health problems, as these interventions can substantially reduce the amount of therapist time required to deliver the intervention, as well as bringing a range of other potential advantages for therapists and families. Online Support and Intervention (OSI) is an example of a brief digitally augmented, therapist-supported, parent-led CBT intervention for child anxiety problems that is now being commissioned and delivered in child mental health services. This article outlines the journey of OSI from research to implementation into routine clinical practice and highlights key considerations for translating digitally augmented mental health interventions into routine care in child mental health services.