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ReviewNPJ digital medicine2024

Advancing digital sensing in mental health research.

Samir Akre, Darsol Seok, Christopher Douglas, Adrian Aguilera, Simona Carini, Jessilyn Dunn, Matthew Hotopf, David C Mohr, Alex A T Bui, Nelson B Freimer

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In one paragraph

Review in NPJ digital medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Big data and psychiatry: advances, constraints and future directions.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026
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  2. Towards Human-Centered Digital Health Interventions.The Psychiatric clinics of North America · 2026
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  3. Rethinking Ethics for an Era of Trusted Computational Tools.The Psychiatric clinics of North America · 2026
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  7. Sensors Fusion in Digital Healthcare Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  12. Anxiety and depression in emerging adults: The STAND program as a model of scalable screening and intervention.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Samir AkreMedical Informatics Home Area, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Darsol SeokDepression Grand Challenge, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Christopher DouglasDepression Grand Challenge, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Adrian AguileraSchool of Social Welfare, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Simona CariniDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Jessilyn DunnBiomedical Engineering Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Matthew HotopfDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
David C MohrCenter for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Alex A T BuiMedical Informatics Home Area, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Nelson B FreimerDepression Grand Challenge, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. NFreimer@mednet.ucla.edu.

Funding

Technology Enabled Services for Coordinated Care of Depression in Healthcare SettingsP50MH119029 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI DAVID CURTIS MOHR, Jessica Lee Schleider · 2020 to 2026
$10.7M
Training Grant in Neurobehavioral GeneticsT32NS048004 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BEARDEN, CARRIE E, OPHOFF, ROEL A · 2004 to 2025
$5.8M
Neurodevelopment and Psychosis in the 22q11.2 Copy Number VariantsR37MH085953 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CARRIE E BEARDEN · 2023 to 2026
$2.9M
NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH119029NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH085953NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS048004Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital sensing tools, like smartphones and wearables, offer transformative potential for mental health research by enabling scalable, longitudinal data collection. Realizing this promise requires overcoming significant challenges including limited data standards, underpowered studies, and a disconnect between research aims and community needs. This report, based on the 2023 Workshop on Advancing Digital Sensing Tools for Mental Health, articulates strategies to address these challenges to ensure rigorous, equitable, and impactful research.

Identifiers

PMID39695319
PMCPMC11655837

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