SynthesisFrontiers in neuroscience2020
Efficacy of Self-Management Smartphone-Based Apps for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Smartphone-based interventions in bipolar disorder: Systematic review and meta-analyses of efficacy. A position paper from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Big Data Task Force.Bipolar disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Hybrid type 1 randomized controlled trial of technology-assisted stepped care behavioral health intervention for caregivers and children following pediatric traumatic injury.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of a smartphone app to improve mental health among emergency service workers: A randomised controlled trial.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Cost-Effectiveness of App-Guided Self-Management for Posttraumatic Stress: Trial-Based Economic Evaluation.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- A Self-Help App for Syrian Refugees With Posttraumatic Stress (Sanadak): Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of a trauma-informed smartphone application in reducing firefighters' mental health symptoms.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- PTSD and complex PTSD, current treatments and debates: a review of reviews.British medical bulletin · 2025Review
- [Digital health applications for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder : Current state, opportunities, and challenges].Der Nervenarzt · 2025Review
- Assessing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the 'TraumaRelief' app for PTSD symptom management in Turkey: Study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Internet interventions · 2024Article
- [Digital technologies to improve mental health].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024Review
- Half a Century of Research on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Scientometric Analysis.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Article
- Integration of a smartphone app with posttraumatic stress disorder treatment for frontline workers: a pilot study.Australian journal of psychology · 2024Article
- Longitudinal follow-up of the randomized controlled trial of access to the trauma-focused self-management app PTSD Coach.Internet interventions · 2023Article
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- Use of a Guided Imagery Mobile App (See Me Serene) to Reduce COVID-19-Related Stress: Pilot Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- The growing field of digital psychiatry: current evidence and the future of apps, social media, chatbots, and virtual reality.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2021Article
- Psychiatry in the Digital Age: A Blessing or a Curse?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Patients' Experiences of Using a Self-help App for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Effects of smartphone-based interventions and monitoring on bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are prevalent in both civilian and military service members. As the number of smartphone-based applications (apps) grows rapidly in health care, apps are also increasingly used to help individuals with subthreshold PTSD or full PTSD. Yet, if the apps are self-managed, the feasibility and efficacy of such interventions are still rather unclear in these two populations with PTSD symptoms. Hence, the present meta-analysis set out to evaluate the effect of self-management smartphone-based apps on PTSD and depressive symptoms in populations with subthreshold PTSD or full PTSD. Studies were included if they conducted randomized controlled trials or pre-post comparisons. Six studies (
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