Though the Internet has changed our lives irrevocably, its potential for enhancing mental health services is yet to be realised. Though not solely focused on online innovations, this issue provides a small glimpse of what this future might look like. In face-to-face services, Logan and Wheeler (Citation2019) found that it was the processes in which outcome measures were delivered that could be conducive to recovery; likewise, how participants are engaged in online services will be important to consider. Moreover, other papers in this issue demonstrate that mental health can be supported in creative ways (Kalanj-Mizzi, Snell, & Simmonds, Citation2019; Pirkis et al., Citation2019; Wu, Wong, Mak, Yip, & Mak, Citation2019), outside of traditional settings (Morris & Scott, Citation2019).
O’Dea et al. (Citation2019) evaluated an online, school-based mental health approach, from parents’ perceptions. Gindidis, Stewart, and Roodenburg (Citation2019) found that mobile apps were used independently of ongoing practitioner support. In Queensland, Krysinska et al. (Citation2019) reported that most resources for people affected by suicide were available online. Given public demand for online approaches (Reupert et al., Citation2019), the future of mental health promotion is likely to be online.
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- Gindidis, S., Stewart, S., & Roodenburg, J. (2019). A systematic scoping review of adolescent mental health treatment using mobile apps. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, 17(2), 161–178.
- Kalanj-Mizzi, S. A., Snell, T. L., & Simmonds, J. G. (2019). Motivations for multiple tattoo acquisition: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, 17(2), 197–214.
- Krysinska, K., Finlayson-Short, L., Hetrick, S., Harris, M., Salom, C., Bailey, E., & Robinson, J. (2019). Support for people bereaved or affected by suicide and for their careers in Queensland: Quality of resources and a classification framework. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, 17(2), 179–196.
- Logan, J., & Wheeler, A. (2019). Outcome measurement in Australian non-government organisations: A descriptive study of recovery-based mental health workers’ experiences and beliefs. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, 17(2), 98–109.
- Morris, P., & Scott, H. (2019). Not just a run in the park: A qualitative exploration of parkrun and mental health. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, 17(2), 110–123.
- O’Dea, B., Leach, C., Achilles, M., King, C., Subotic-Kerry, M., & O’Moore, K. (2019). Parental attitudes towards an online, school-based, mental health service: Implications for service design and delivery. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Interventionv, 17(2), 146–160.
- Pirkis, J., Schlichthorst, M., King, K., Lockley, A., Keogh, L., Reifels, L., … Phelps, A. (2019). Looking for the “active ingredients” in a men’s mental health promotion intervention. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, 17(2), 135–145.
- Reupert, A., Bartholomew, C., Cuff, R., Foster, K., Matar, J., Maybery, D., & Pettenuzzo, L. (2019). An online intervention to promote mental health and wellbeing for young adults whose parents have mental illness and/or substance use problems: Theoretical basis and intervention description. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 59. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00059
- Wu, C. S. T., Wong, R. S. M., Mak, Y.-W., Yip, Y. T., & Mak, H. (2019). Brief take-home laughter yoga practice (B-TLYP): Impact on multi-dimensional affects among Chinese adults in Hong Kong. Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, 17(2), 124–134.