The digital psychiatrist: in search of evidence-based apps for anxiety and depression

JM Marshall, DA Dunstan, W Bartik - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
One of the biggest growth areas in e-mental health resources has been the development
and use of mobile mental health apps for smartphones and tablet devices. Such apps are …

There is a non-evidence-based app for that: a systematic review and mixed methods analysis of depression-and anxiety-related apps that incorporate unrecognized …

A Baumel, J Torous, S Edan, JM Kane - Journal of affective disorders, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Recent studies have utilized available online data to examine the impact of
depression-and anxiety-related apps that incorporate evidence-based techniques; however …

Reassessing evidence-based content in popular smartphone apps for depression and anxiety: Developing and applying user-adjusted analyses.

AR Wasil, S Gillespie, R Patel, A Petre… - Journal of Consulting …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: To assess the dissemination of evidence-based content within smartphone apps
for depression and anxiety by developing and applying user-adjusted analysis—a method …

There is an app for that! The current state of mobile applications (apps) for DSM‐5 obsessive‐compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety and mood …

M Van Ameringen, J Turna, Z Khalesi… - Depression and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mental health apps are viewed as a promising modality to extend the reach of mental health
care beyond the clinic. They do so by providing a means of assessment, tracking, and …

A review of popular smartphone apps for depression and anxiety: assessing the inclusion of evidence-based content

AR Wasil, KE Venturo-Conerly, RM Shingleton… - Behaviour research and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Smartphone applications for the treatment of depression and anxiety have acquired millions
of users, yet little is known about whether they include evidence-based therapeutic content …

Is there an app for that? A review of popular apps for depression, anxiety, and well-being

AR Wasil, EH Palermo, L Lorenzo-Luaces… - … and Behavioral Practice, 2022 - Elsevier
Smartphone apps for mental health (MH apps) and wellness reach millions of people and
have the potential to reduce the public health burden of common mental health problems …

Smartphone apps for depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis of techniques to increase engagement

A Wu, MA Scult, ED Barnes, JA Betancourt, A Falk… - NPJ digital …, 2021 - nature.com
Meta-analyses have shown that digital mental health apps can be efficacious in reducing
symptoms of depression and anxiety. However, real-world usage of apps is typically not …

Clinical or gimmickal: The use and effectiveness of mobile mental health apps for treating anxiety and depression

JM Marshall, DA Dunstan… - Australian & New Zealand …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: The increase in ownership of smartphones and tablet devices has seen a
worldwide government push, championed by the World Health Organization, towards digital …

Using science to sell apps: evaluation of mental health app store quality claims

ME Larsen, K Huckvale, J Nicholas, J Torous… - NPJ digital …, 2019 - nature.com
Despite the emergence of curated app libraries for mental health apps, personal searches
by consumers remain a common method for discovering apps. App store descriptions …

[HTML][HTML] Apps with maps—anxiety and depression mobile apps with evidence-based frameworks: systematic search of major app stores

JM Marshall, DA Dunstan, W Bartik - JMIR mental health, 2020 - mental.jmir.org
Background: Mobile mental health apps have become ubiquitous tools to assist people in
managing symptoms of anxiety and depression. However, due to the lack of research and …