2024

GettingHelp

Online:

HowYoungPeopleFind,Evaluate,and

UseMentalHealthApps,OnlineTherapy,

andBehavioralHealthInformation

COMMONSENSEISGRATEFULFORTHEGENEROUSSUPPORTAND

UNDERWRITINGTHATFUNDEDTHISRESEARCHREPORT

JenniferCaldwellJohnH.N.Fisher

2024

GettingHelpOnline:

HowYoungPeopleFind,Evaluate,and

UseMentalHealthApps,OnlineTherapy,

andBehavioralHealthInformation

Credits

Acknowledgments:ThisprojectrepresentstheworkofmanypeoplefromHopelab,CommonSenseMedia,and

NORCattheUniversityofChicago.Below,wedetaileachpartoftheprojectandthecontributors.

SurveydevelopmentMikeParent,AmyGreen,andEmmaBruehlman-Senecal,withsupportfrom

anddesign:AmandaLenhartandfeedbackfromanumberofteenandyoungadultadvisors

Datacollection:NORCattheUniversityofChicago

DataanalysisandNORCattheUniversityofChicago,MikeParent,JaylaStokesberry,AmyGreen,and

interpretation:EmmaBruehlman-Senecal,withsupportfromAmandaLenhart,MaryMadden,Angela

Calvin,AlexaHasse,andmanyteensandyoungadults

Reportwriting:AngelaCalvin,AlexaHasse,andMaryMadden,withsupportfromAmandaLenhart

andtheHopelabteam

Copyeditors:ChristopherDareandJenniferRobb

Designers:ChrisArthandEmelyGarcia

Communications:MarisaNaughton,NataliaGarcia,ChristianMedinaBeltz,JuanMartinez,

RobinRaskob,andPhuongPham

Thereportauthorsandprojectteamwouldliketoexpresstheirgratitudetoalltheyoungpeoplewhosharedtheir

time,expertise,andlivedexperiencestohelpshapethedesignofthestudy,whogavetheirtimetotakethesurvey,