Augmented Social Play (ASP): smartphone-enabled group psychotherapeutic interventions that boost adolescent mental health by supporting real-world connection and sense of belonging

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Integrating ethics in digital mental healthcare technologies: a principle-based empirically grounded roadmap approach

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences
  • 2. ROR icon Universitätsmedizin Greifswald

Description

This article introduces the Principle-Based Empirically Grounded Roadmap Approach (PERA), a methodology for integrating ethics into the development of digital mental healthcare technologies. Developed within the Horizon Europe project ASPbelong, PERA combines ethical principles from the literature, empirical insights from comparable technologies, and original data from the development of the Lina augmented reality intervention for adolescents. The approach produces an adaptable ethics roadmap intended to support ethical reflection in current and future iterations of gamified digital mental health interventions.

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Funding

European Commission
ASP-belong - Augmented Social Play (ASP): smartphone-enabled group psychotherapeutic interventions that boost adolescent mental health by supporting real-world connection and sense of belonging 101080665

Dates

Issued
2025-07-30

References

  • Spahl, W., Rubeis, G. Integrating ethics in digital mental healthcare technologies: a principle-based empirically grounded roadmap approach. Med Health Care and Philos 28, 411–424 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-025-10283-6