Assessing suicide prevention apps’ responsiveness to help-seeking needs of individuals connected with mental health services (IN: The role of digital health policy and leadership, edited by K. Keshavjee and A. Khatami)

This paper maps suicide help-seeking needs identified in the literature, on to the features and functionalities of suicide prevention mobile apps using the adapted ecological model, thereby revealing existing gaps between help-seeking needs and available apps. This paper builds upon previous work by our team, which includes 1) a rapid scoping review aimed at identifying barriers and facilitators of help-seeking related to suicide within psychiatric populations, and 2) a review of suicide prevention apps, including a content analysis of app features and functionalities.