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Mobile Health Interventions for Psychiatric Conditions in Children: A Scoping Review

Christopher Archangeli1, F Alethea Marti2, Emilia Antonievna Wobga-Pasiah3

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, 1 South Prospect Street, Burlington, VT 05401, USA.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
|November 14, 2016
PubMed

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Mobile health (mHealth) interventions show promise for child psychiatric disorders, being well-accepted by young patients. However, current evidence lacks statistically significant clinical effectiveness, limited by small study sizes.

Area of Science:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Digital Health
  • Mental Health Interventions

Background:

  • Child psychiatric disorders represent a significant public health concern.
  • Mobile health (mHealth) offers a potential avenue for delivering interventions to youth.
  • Existing evidence on mHealth for pediatric mental health requires comprehensive synthesis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a scoping review of existing evidence.
  • To determine the clinical utility of mHealth interventions for child psychiatric disorders.
  • To identify gaps in the current research landscape.

Main Methods:

  • A systematic scoping review methodology was employed.
  • Studies included children under 18 with diagnosed mental disorders using mHealth.
  • Focus on interventions with novel outcome data and feasibility assessments.

Main Results:

  • All reviewed mHealth interventions were found to be feasible and well-accepted by child patients.
  • Only two studies utilized a randomized controlled trial design to assess effectiveness.
  • No statistically significant differences in clinical outcomes were observed in these RCTs, though sample sizes were small.

Conclusions:

  • mHealth interventions are generally acceptable and feasible for pediatric mental health.
  • Robust evidence for the clinical effectiveness of mHealth in child psychiatry is currently limited.
  • Further research with larger sample sizes is needed to establish efficacy.

Keywords:
AdolescentChildMental healthMobile healthPediatricmHealth

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