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Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/103590, first published .
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Purrble Use Among LGBTQ+ Young People With Self-Harm Experiences: Findings From a Qualitative Process Evaluation of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Purrble Use Among LGBTQ+ Young People With Self-Harm Experiences: Findings From a Qualitative Process Evaluation of a Randomized Controlled Trial

A Jess Williams   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Ellen Townsend   3, 4 , PhD ;   Lauren Posada   2 , MSc ;   Seonaid Cleare   5 , PhD ;   Lucy Martin   3 , MSc ;   Amelia Chapman-Nisar   3 ;   Chris Hollis   6 , PhD ;   James J Gross   7 , PhD ;   Petr Slovak   2, 8 , PhD

1 National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Research, Population Data Science, School of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom

2 Department of Informatics, King's College London, London, England, United Kingdom

3 Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

4 School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

5 University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

6 National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) MindTech MedTech Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

7 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

8 Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • A Jess Williams, PhD
  • National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Research, Population Data Science
  • School of Medicine, Swansea University
  • Singleton Campus
  • Swansea, Wales SA2 8PP
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 7969432592
  • Email: a.j.williams2@swansea.ac.uk