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Helping Older Veterans Use Mental Health Apps: Qualitative Interviews and Development of a New Program

Julie Lutz1,2, Carter H Davis3, Sherry A Beaudreau1,2

  • 1Sierra Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Ave (151Y MIRECC), Palo Alto, CA, 94804, United States, 1 6504935000.

JMIR Formative Research
|May 26, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Older veterans are interested in mobile mental health apps, but technology barriers exist. A coaching program (MoDAL) showed potential to improve mobile device proficiency for this population.

Keywords:
coachingmobile healtholder adultsquality improvementself-managementsmartphonetablet

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