Best Practices and Innovative Examples of an e-Mental Health Platform for the Prevention and Treatment of Eating Disorders

Abstract

Body Brave is interested in supporting the development of an e-Mental health platform for the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. The McMaster Research shop conducted research to provide context and identify best practices and innovative examples of what a cutting edge, cost-effective e-Mental health platform might look like. This report includes an overview of e-Mental health and evidence for the effectiveness of e-Mental health interventions in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. It also includes an environmental scan that evaluates numerous innovative examples of e-Mental health platforms both for multiple psychiatric disorders and platforms specific to eating disorders.