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ArticleEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2015

Mobile mental health: a challenging research agenda.

Miranda Olff

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Article in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03552900 (Evaluating the Use of a Mobile App to Reduce Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety for Students Seeking Care at Harvard University Health Services), which is not on this map. Cited by 133 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT03552900 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Evaluating the Use of a Mobile App to Reduce Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety for Students Seeking Care at Harvard University Health Services

TypeinterventionalSponsorHarvard UniversityRan2018 to 2018Enrolled50ConditionsDepression, AnxietyArms7cups Mobile App, Bliss
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Miranda OlffDepartment of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of mobile health ("m-Health") is evolving rapidly and there is an explosive growth of psychological tools on the market. Exciting high-tech developments may identify symptoms, help individuals manage their own mental health, encourage help seeking, and provide both preventive and therapeutic interventions. This development has the potential to be an efficient cost-effective approach reducing waiting lists and serving a considerable portion of people globally ("g-Health"). However, few of the mobile applications (apps) have been rigorously evaluated. There is little information on how valid screening and assessment tools are, which of the mobile intervention apps are effective, or how well mobile apps compare to face-to-face treatments. But how feasible is rigorous scientific evaluation with the rising demands from policy makers, business partners, and users for their quick release? In this paper, developments in m-Health tools-targeting screening, assessment, prevention, and treatment-are reviewed with examples from the field of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. The academic challenges in developing and evaluating m-Health tools are being addressed. Evidence-based guidance is needed on appropriate research designs that may overcome some of the public and ethical challenges (e.g., equity, availability) and the market-driven wish to have mobile apps in the "App Store" yesterday rather than tomorrow.

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depressione-Healthglobal healthinternet interventionm-Healthmobile apps/applicationsmobile healthPTSDsmartphonetrauma

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PMID25994025
PMCPMC4439418

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