Views of Young People in Rural Australia on SPARX, a Fantasy World Developed for New Zealand Youth With Depression

Colleen Cheek   ¹ , RN, BSc, MIS ;   Heather Bridgman   ² , BPsych, DClinHlthPsych ;   Theresa Fleming   ³ , PhD ;   Elizabeth Cummings   ⁴ , RN, RM, BIS(Hons), PhD ;   Leonie Ellis   ⁵ , PhD ;   Mathijs FG Lucassen   ³ , NZROT, PhD ;   Matthew Shepherd   ⁶ , DClinPsy ;   Timothy Skinner   ⁷ , BSc (Hons), PhD

¹ Rural Clinical School, University of Tasmania, Burnie, Australia

² Department of Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia

³ Werry Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental health, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

⁴ School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

⁵ School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

⁶ School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

⁷ School of Psychological and Clinical Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia