ArticleJMIR mental health2019
Use of Mobile and Computer Devices to Support Recovery in People With Serious Mental Illness: Survey Study.
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- Digital tools to support mental health: a survey study in psychosis.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Individualized Intervention to Support Mental Health Recovery Through Implementation of Digital Tools into Clinical Care: Feasibility Study.Community mental health journal · 2022Article
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- Community Mental Health Care Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Practical Strategies for Improving Care for People with Serious Mental Illness.Community mental health journal · 2021Article
- Habits and Attitudes of Video Gaming and Information Technology Use in People with Schizophrenia: Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Digital navigators to implement smartphone and digital tools in care.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2020Article
- Promoting meaningful recovery with digital mental health care.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2020Article
- The technology specialist: a 21st century support role in clinical care.NPJ digital medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundMental health recovery refers to an individual's experience of gaining a sense of personal control, striving towards one's life goals, and meeting one's needs. Although people with serious mental illness own and use electronic devices for general purposes, knowledge of their current use and interest in future use for supporting mental health recovery remains limited.
objectiveThis study aimed to identify smartphone, tablet, and computer apps that mental health service recipients use and want to use to support their recovery.
methodsIn this pilot study, we surveyed a convenience sample of 63 mental health service recipients with serious mental illness. The survey assessed current use and interest in mobile and computer devices to support recovery.
resultsListening to music (60%), accessing the internet (59%), calling (59%), and texting (54%) people were the top functions currently used by participants on their device to support their recovery. Participants expressed interest in learning how to use apps for anxiety/stress management (45%), mood management (45%), monitoring mental health symptoms (43%), cognitive behavioral therapy (40%), sleep (38%), and dialectical behavior therapy (38%) to support their recovery.
conclusionsMental health service recipients currently use general functions such as listening to music and calling friends to support recovery. Nevertheless, they reported interest in trying more specific illness-management apps.
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