Effective clinical services and treatments for schizophrenia spectrum populations are commonly hindered by illness complexity. Considering this, digital health holds promise in the effort to support individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD).
While some research has demonstrated the efficacy of digital health technologies in supporting mental health treatment, the integration of these technologies into clinical care remains largely unexplored.
Given this, a multi-site implementation of an empirically validated digital health platform, App4Independence (A4i),2 was conducted to support individuals with SSD. The contextual factors which impacted the implementation of and engagement with A4i across the three different clinical implementation sites are described.