Mobile telephone apps in mental health practice: uses, opportunities and challenges

Smartphones are used by patients and clinicians alike. Vast numbers of software applications (apps) run on smartphones and carry out useful functions. Clinician- and patient-oriented mental health apps have been developed. In this article, we provide an overview of apps that are relevant for mental...

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Autores principales: Marley, Justin, Farooq, Saeed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4706212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26755988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.114.050005
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description Smartphones are used by patients and clinicians alike. Vast numbers of software applications (apps) run on smartphones and carry out useful functions. Clinician- and patient-oriented mental health apps have been developed. In this article, we provide an overview of apps that are relevant for mental health. We look at clinician-oriented apps that support assessment, diagnosis and treatment as well as patient-oriented apps that support education and self-management. We conclude by looking at the challenges that apps pose with a discussion of possible solutions.
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spelling pubmed-47062122016-01-11 Mobile telephone apps in mental health practice: uses, opportunities and challenges Marley, Justin Farooq, Saeed BJPsych Bull Special Articles Smartphones are used by patients and clinicians alike. Vast numbers of software applications (apps) run on smartphones and carry out useful functions. Clinician- and patient-oriented mental health apps have been developed. In this article, we provide an overview of apps that are relevant for mental health. We look at clinician-oriented apps that support assessment, diagnosis and treatment as well as patient-oriented apps that support education and self-management. We conclude by looking at the challenges that apps pose with a discussion of possible solutions. Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4706212/ /pubmed/26755988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.114.050005 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open-access article published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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