Harvard study: the role of moderators in online mental health communities
A research collaboration with Togetherall examines the role of qualified professionals that oversee our mental health community.
Togetherall seeks to drive impact by complementing the wider service system both locally and at a population level. Designed for population-wide use, we combine psychosocial, educational, recovery-oriented, and self-care approaches with a platform that is anonymous, instant-access, always active, and clinically moderated and managed.
Togetherall is used by people at all stages of mental health need as part of an ecosystem of care and support of which Togetherall is one complementary part.
(Ziebland & Wyke, 2012)
'Health and Illness in a Connected World: How Might Sharing Experiences on the Internet Affect People's Health?’
(McColl et al., 2014)
'Peer support intervention through mobile application: An integrative literature review and future directions.’
(Naslund et al., 2016)
‘The future of mental health care: peer-to-peer support and social media’
(Kingod et al., 2017)
'Online Peer-to-Peer Communities in the Daily Lives of People With Chronic Illness: A Qualitative Systematic Review’
(Lattie et al., 2019)
‘Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression, Anxiety, and Enhancement of Psychological Well-Being Among College Students: Systematic Review’
(Watkins et al. 2020)
‘An Online Behavioral Health Intervention Promoting Mental Health, Manhood, and Social Support for Young Black Men: The YBMen Project’
(Strand, Eng & Gammon, 2020)
‘Combining online and offline peer support groups in community mental health care settings: a qualitative study of service users' experiences’
(Smit et al., 2021)
‘A Newly Developed Online Peer Support Community for Depression (Depression Connect): Qualitative Study’
As a core part of our social mission and sustaining and developing our product and services, Togetherall is committed to a program of research work. This combines both internal and external research work and projects aligned to our strategic objectives and our purpose and values.
By collecting, analyzing, and sharing our data, researching key areas of interest, and sharing our results, Togetherall makes a valuable contribution to national and international mental health research and digital mental health services. Working with partner external bodies and academic institutions to progress key research projects that add value to Togetherall and mental health and digital mental health research.
The aim is to also enhance the evidence base for online peer community platforms and contribute to the science of digital mental health.
Please get in touch with us if you are interested in a research collaboration with Togetherall.
A research collaboration with Togetherall examines the role of qualified professionals that oversee our mental health community.
The University of Edinburgh impact study on Togetherall examines the many benefits of digital peer support.
A whitepaper on the evidence, experience and thinking behind Togetherall’s model.