Handaxe
gNats Island: Game-based and online support for adolescent mental health
- Funding £558,319
- Competition Mental Health and End of Life
- Competition Date Autumn 2013
- Local AHSN West of England AHSN
- Website http://www.handaxe-cic.com/
- Key Contact David Coyle
- Status On Market
- Pathways Mental Health
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Technology Digital/ICT/Mobile Solutions
Pesky gNATs is a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based mental health intervention for young people. It combines a desktop computer game and a mobile app to provide age-appropriate and engaging support for young people. Interventions for anxiety and depression and for trauma focused CBT have been created as well as a game and app to support mindfulness. These interventions will be available to mental health professionals who work with young people.
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