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Towards a Framework for Evaluating Mobile Mental Health Apps.

Steven Chan1, John Torous2,3, Ladson Hinton1

  • 11 Department of Psychiatry, University of California Davis , Sacramento, California.

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Developing guidelines for mental health apps is crucial. This study proposes criteria for evaluating smartphone and wearable applications for patients and providers to ensure their effectiveness and reliability in mental healthcare.

Area of Science:

  • Digital Health
  • Mental Healthcare Technology
  • mHealth Evaluation

Background:

  • Mobile phones are widely used by psychiatric patients, offering potential for mental health service delivery.
  • Current mental health applications (apps) lack demonstrated efficacy and regulatory oversight.
  • Existing evaluation frameworks are fragmented across engineering, informatics, and telemedicine fields.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a framework for evaluating mental health applications.
  • To establish criteria for assessing smartphone, wearable, and smartwatch apps for mental health.
  • To guide both patients and healthcare providers in selecting reliable digital mental health tools.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing frameworks and evaluation criteria from engineering, informatics, and telemedicine.
Keywords:
behavioral healthbusiness administration/economicse-healthmobile healthtelepsychiatry

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  • Development of proposed criteria for app assessment.
  • Categorization of apps based on usability within a clinical workflow.

    • Main Results:

    • Proposed criteria for evaluating mental health apps, wearable devices, and smartwatches.
    • Assessment dimensions include usefulness, usability, integration, and infrastructure.
    • Apps can be categorized by their utility across different stages of a mental health provider's workflow.

    Conclusions:

    • A standardized framework is needed for describing mental health applications.
    • Guidelines for evaluating and selecting digital mental health tools are essential for patients and providers.
    • Leadership is required to establish these crucial evaluation standards.