The Mood Movement: Identifying Research Priorities focused on Digital Technologies and Young People’s Mental Health

Overview
The ‘Mood Movement Network’ is a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Irish Research Council (IRC) and focused on exploring both existing and emerging technologies to facilitate help-seeking, stigma reduction, and support of young people’s mental health. This network was set up to explore several elements of digital life as they pertain to young people who require support for their mental health; including engaging in online help-seeking, ways technology may support or hinder stigma reduction, and how technology can be used to provide support services for mental health issues. What makes this project unique is that it specifically focused on digital components in relation to young people’s mental health. The Mood Movement Network aimed to bring together academics and practitioners from across the social sciences, alongside input from those with lived experience of mental ill health, young people, and their parents/carers to develop an inter-disciplinary research agenda and create opportunities for people to work together to address challenges within this area.