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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2025

mHealth Applications for Childhood Anxiety Disorders: Current Landscape, Challenges, and Future Directions.

Cigdem Sari Ozturk, Kadriye Demir

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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Cigdem Sari OzturkNursing Faculty, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye. cigdemsarii@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8203-5925
Kadriye DemirHealth Science Faculty, Department of Nursing, Lokman Hekim University, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7064-5432

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewWe review the literature on mHealth applications for childhood anxiety disorders, highlighting current use, limitations, and future directions. RECENT

findingsAlthough mHealth apps targeting childhood anxiety disorders have recently increased, most have not been evaluated for clinical effectiveness, data security, or quality standards. Many apps do not contain scientifically based content and do not adequately incorporate the principles of exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy. In addition, many apps have significant deficiencies in age-appropriateness, data security, privacy, cultural sensitivity, and accessibility. Limitations remain in terms of the standards for evaluating apps in pediatric populations. While interest in mHealth applications for childhood anxiety disorders is increasing, more research is needed to develop effective, safe, and age-appropriate digital interventions. Priorities include scientific grounding, privacy, equitable access, gamification, and parental involvement. Studies in this direction will increase the quality of applications and strengthen equality in access to mental health services.

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Anxiety DisordersMobile ApplicationsTelemedicineChildHumansApp evaluation modelsChildhood anxiety disordersDigital mental health toolsmHealth applicationsPediatric mental healthPrivacy in digital health

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PMID40343659
PMCPMC12167330

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