ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
The feasibility of using smartphone apps as treatment components for depressed suicidal outpatients.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Brief interventions for suicidal ideation in primary care: a systematic review.BMC primary care · 2025Pooled it
- Ecological Momentary Assessment of Self-Harm Thoughts and Behaviors: Systematic Review of Constructs From the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Translating Suicide Safety Planning Components Into the Design of mHealth App Features: Systematic Review.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Managing emotional distress in older adults with mental illness: a randomized controlled trial evaluating virtual reality relaxation.Translational psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Developing a Safety Planning Smartphone App to Support Adolescents' Self-Management During Emotional Crises.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Developing a Mobile App to Prevent Suicide Based on a Software Development Life Cycle: Application of Ecological Momentary Assessment and Interventions.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
- Musicians, the music industry, and suicide: epidemiology, risk factors, and suggested prevention approaches.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Acceptability, User Satisfaction, and Feasibility of an App-Based Support Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Psychiatric Outpatient Setting: Prospective Longitudinal Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Observational
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- Using a Safety Planning Mobile App to Address Suicidality in Young People Attending Community Mental Health Services in Ireland: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Acceptability, feasibility, and user satisfaction of a virtual reality relaxation intervention in a psychiatric outpatient setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- A Proof of Concept Study on Individual Trends in Suicidal Ideation: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study of 5 Patients Over Three Months.Journal for person-oriented research · 2023Article
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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Mental health smartphone apps could increase the safety and self-management of patients at risk of suicide, but it is still unclear whether it is feasible to integrate such apps into routine mental healthcare. This study reports on the feasibility of using a safety planning app (BackUp) and a self-monitoring app (mEMA) as components of the routine treatment of depressed outpatients with suicidal ideation. Clinicians were trained in working with both of the apps, and they invited their eligible patients with suicidal ideation for study participation. Patients used the apps for 3 months and discussed these with their clinician during treatment. Patients completed assessments at baseline (T
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