ArticlemHealth2018
Do mental health mobile apps work: evidence and recommendations for designing high-efficacy mental health mobile apps.
Article in mHealth, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04414774 (Assessing the Effectiveness of a CBT-based App in Reducing Suicidal Ideation), which is not on this map. Cited by 137 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Assessing the Effectiveness of a CBT-based App in Reducing Suicidal Ideation: An Open Randomized Study
Who cites it
137 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors Influencing the Initiation and Continued Engagement of Digital Mental Health Tools Among Adults: Theory of Planned Behavior-Informed Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of traditional Chinese exercises on anxiety and depression in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of features and content quality of Arabic mental mHealth apps.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Pooled it
- A Decade in Review: A Systematic Review of Virtual Reality Interventions for Emotional Disorders.Psychosocial intervention · 2022Pooled it
- Feasibility of mHealth interventions for depressive symptoms in Latin America: a systematic review.International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) · 2021Pooled it
- The use of commercial computerised cognitive games in older adults: a meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness and Safety of Using Chatbots to Improve Mental Health: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Engaging Children and Young People in Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review of Modes of Delivery, Facilitators, and Barriers.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Use of Social Robots in Mental Health and Well-Being Research: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Efficacy of a Mobile App-Based Intervention for Young Adults With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- The Effectiveness of a Neurofeedback-Assisted Mindfulness Training Program Using a Mobile App on Stress Reduction in Employees: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Trial
- Cognitive training using a mobile app as a coping tool against COVID-19 distress: A crossover randomized controlled trial.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Trial
- Using App Store Reviews to Explore User Experiences and Perceptions of Mental Health Mobile Apps: Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators of mental health app use among young women - a multimethod study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Design and construction of internet-based cognitive-behavioural therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder in Iran: A feasibility study.Internet interventions · 2026Article
- A Program-Led Motivational App (MI-Coach: ED) for Eating Disorder Waitlists: Findings From a Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Trial.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- "An App That Truly Works for Us": Co-Designing a Mobile Health Intervention to Support the Transition to Adulthood for the Latino Autism Community.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2026Article
- Acceptability of an e-mental health self-help intervention aiming to improve psychological distress among persons experiencing unstable housing in France.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Uncovering the heterogeneity in young adult anxiety: subtypes predict outcomes of a CBT mobile app.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Digital mental health needs a purpose-driven approach.Nature human behaviour · 2026Review
77 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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