Provide guided support and emotional safety mechanisms when delivering digital recovery narratives¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

Based on low engagement and mixed emotional responses in the pilot, the authors recommend guided use of STORY MINE supported by mental health professionals or lived-experience experts, plus harm-minimization mechanisms. They recommend that "future implementation should not only include content warnings but also brief instructions on coping with emotional responses and a built-in function to report negative effects," alongside check-ins, clear support pathways, and simplified access to professional or peer support.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Support from mental health professionals or lived experience experts; expectation-setting about engagement and weekly email reminders

Constraints¶

• The article recommends these changes; they were not tested in this pilot, which delivered the intervention unguided without a distress-response protocol

Target Learners¶

• adult service users receiving specialized mental health care, especially those with traumatic experiences

Target Learning Goals¶

• safe engagement with recovery narratives
• sustained engagement with digital self-help content

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Key Sources¶

• Lases Mitch N, Bruins Jojanneke, van Balkom Ingrid DC, Castelein Stynke. (2026). The STORY MINE Digital Recovery Narrative Intervention for Personal Recovery in Mental Health Care: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Formative Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/83948