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Smartphone Applications for Mental Health.

Ana Radovic^1,2, Pamela L Vona³, Antonella M Santostefano⁴

¹1 Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking

|July 19, 2016

Summary

Many smartphone apps offer mental health support, but most focus on mild symptoms and lack evidence of effectiveness or privacy details. Clinicians should guide patients on app usage.

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Area of Science:

Digital Health
Mental Health Technology
Mobile Health Applications

Background:

Many adolescents and adults do not seek professional mental health treatment.
Smartphone applications (apps) present a potential avenue for accessible mental health support.
There is a need to understand the landscape of available mental health apps.

Purpose of the Study:

To characterize mental health applications available to smartphone users.
To identify the purported purposes and approaches of these apps.
To assess the information provided regarding app effectiveness, privacy, and security.

Main Methods:

A content analysis was performed on app descriptions from the Apple iTunes and Google Play stores.
Ten key mental health terms were used for searching.
The first 20 relevant app descriptions per search term were analyzed.

Main Results:

Out of 300 applications, 208 (70%) were relevant to mental health or stress.
The primary purposes were symptom relief (41%) and education (18%).
Many apps focused on mild symptoms (e.g., relaxation), lacked effectiveness data (59%), and omitted privacy information (89%).

Conclusions:

The effectiveness and safety of readily available mental health apps are uncertain.
Clinicians should guide patients on app selection and usage.
Development of patient-centered, evidence-based mental health apps requires strategic policy and research.