Acknowledgments. We would like to acknowledge St. Joseph’s Health Care, the London
Health Sciences, Woodstock General Hospital, Youth Opportunities Unlimited, WAYS Mental
Health Support for facilitating the research environment. We would like to thank the participants
and staff/care providers for their voluntary participation. In addition, we appreciate the commitment of the research assistants for data collection and auditing to make sure the quality of
research is assured. Finally, we would also like to acknowledge the granting agency Ontario
Centre for Excellence for making the funding available.
Conflicts of Interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Health Sciences, Woodstock General Hospital, Youth Opportunities Unlimited, WAYS Mental
Health Support for facilitating the research environment. We would like to thank the participants
and staff/care providers for their voluntary participation. In addition, we appreciate the commitment of the research assistants for data collection and auditing to make sure the quality of
research is assured. Finally, we would also like to acknowledge the granting agency Ontario
Centre for Excellence for making the funding available.
Conflicts of Interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Reference
1. Mental Health Commission of Canada: Making the Case for Investing in Mental Health in
Canada (2013). http://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/English/node/5020
2. Mental Health Commission of Canada: Strengthening the Case for Investing in Canada’s
Mental Health System: Economic Considerations. Mental Health Commission of Canad
(2017)
3. Gill, P.J., Saunders, N., Gandhi, S., et al.: Emergency department as a first contact for mental
health problems in children and youth. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry. 56(6), 475–
482 (2017). e4pmid:28545752
4. Canadian Mental Health Association: Fast Facts about Mental Illness (2016). http://www.
cmha.ca/media/fast-facts-aboutmental-illness/#.VsosVjbSl3g
5. E-Mental Health in Canada: Transforming the Mental Health, January 2014. https://www.
researchgate.net/publication/275210722_E-Mental_Health_in_Canada_Transforming_the_
Mental_Health_System_Using_Technology
6. Ben-Zeev, D., Kaiser, S.M., Brenner, C.J., Begale, M., Duffecy, J., Mohr, D.C.:
Development and usability testing of FOCUS: a smartphone system for self-management
of schizophrenia. Psychiatric Rehabil. J. 36(4), 289–296 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1037/
prj0000019
7. Nicholas, J., Larsen, M.E., Proudfoot, J., Christensen, H.: Mobile apps for bipolar disorder: a
systematic review of features and content quality. J. Med. Internet Res. 17(8), e198 (2015).
https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.4581
8. Dagöö, J., et al.: Cognitive behavior therapy versus interpersonal psychotherapy for social
anxiety disorder delivered via smartphone and computer: a randomized controlled trial.
J. Anxiety Disord. 28, 410–417 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.02.003
9. Forchuk, C., Reiss, J.P., O’Regan, T., Ethridge, P., Donelle, L., Rudnick, A.: Client
perceptions of the mental health engagement network: a qualitative analysis of an electronic
personal health record. BMC Psychiatry 15, 250 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888015-0614-7
10. Wilier, B., Ottenbacher, K.J., Coad, M.L.: The community integration questionnaire a
comparative examination. Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 73(2), 103–111 (1994). https://doi.
org/10.1097/00002060-199404000-00006
11. Lehman, A.: A quality of life interview for the chronically mentally ill. Eval. Program Plann.
111, 51–62 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1016/0149-7189(88)90033-X
12. Alhojailan, M.I.: Thematic analysis: a critical review of its process and evaluation. In: WEI
International European Academic Conference, pp. 8–21 (2012). https://www.
westeastinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ZG12-191-Mohammed-IbrahimAlhojailan-Full-Paper.pdf
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