ArticleBJPsych open2016
The feasibility and effectiveness of Catch It, an innovative CBT smartphone app.
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- Effectiveness of technology-assisted vs face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety and depression in children and young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of features and content quality of Arabic mental mHealth apps.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Pooled it
- Just-in-Time Adaptive Mechanisms of Popular Mobile Apps for Individuals With Depression: Systematic App Search and Literature Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- The Use of Mobile Apps and SMS Messaging as Physical and Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- Vickybot, a Chatbot for Anxiety-Depressive Symptoms and Work-Related Burnout in Primary Care and Health Care Professionals: Development, Feasibility, and Potential Effectiveness Studies.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
- Self-guided Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Apps for Depression: Systematic Assessment of Features, Functionality, and Congruence With Evidence.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Review
- Technology Enabled Clinical Care (TECC): Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study of Smartphone-Augmented Mental Health Treatment.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- The Clinical Impacts of Mobile Mood-Monitoring in Young People With Mental Health Problems: The MeMO Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Apps With Maps-Anxiety and Depression Mobile Apps With Evidence-Based Frameworks: Systematic Search of Major App Stores.JMIR mental health · 2020Article
- A Library of Analytic Indicators to Evaluate Effective Engagement with Consumer mHealth Apps for Chronic Conditions: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- The Digital Psychiatrist: In Search of Evidence-Based Apps for Anxiety and Depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Review
- Better care through better use of data in GP-patient partnerships.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe widespread use of smartphones makes effective therapies such as cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) potentially accessible to large numbers of people.
aimsThis paper reports the usage data of the first trial of Catch It, a new CBT smartphone app.
methodUptake and usage rates, fidelity of user responses to CBT principles, and impact on reported negative and positive moods were assessed.
resultsA relatively modest proportion of people chose to download the app. Once used, the app tended to be used more than once, and 84% of the user-generated content was consistent with the basic concepts of CBT. There were statistically significant reductions in negative mood intensity and increases in positive mood intensity.
conclusionsSmartphone apps have potential beneficial effects in mental health through the application of basic CBT principles. More research with randomised controlled trial designs should be conducted. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: None. COPYRIGHT AND USAGE: © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
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