Assessment of mental health services available through smartphone apps

E Camacho, A Cohen, J Torous - JAMA Network Open, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance As more patients and clinicians are turning to mental health smartphone apps to
expand access to services, little is known about the current state of the app marketplaces …

Smartphone apps for college mental health: a concern for privacy and quality of current offerings

J Melcher, J Torous - Psychiatric Services, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The expanding need for mental health services on college campuses has
increased interest in smartphone apps for mental health. Although apps can be effective …

Assessing mental health apps marketplaces with objective metrics from 29,190 data points from 278 apps

S Lagan, R D'Mello, A Vaidyam… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Utilizing a standard framework that may help clinicians and patients to identify
relevant mental health apps, we sought to gain a comprehensive picture of the space by …

[HTML][HTML] Availability, readability, and content of privacy policies and terms of agreements of mental health apps

JM Robillard, TL Feng, AB Sporn, JA Lai, C Lo, M Ta… - Internet …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the availability, readability, and privacy-related content of the privacy
policies and terms of agreement of mental health apps available through popular digital …

[HTML][HTML] Objective user engagement with mental health apps: systematic search and panel-based usage analysis

A Baumel, F Muench, S Edan, JM Kane - Journal of medical Internet …, 2019 - jmir.org
Background Understanding patterns of real-world usage of mental health apps is key to
maximizing their potential to increase public self-management of care. Although developer …

Needed innovation in digital health and smartphone applications for mental health: transparency and trust

J Torous, LW Roberts - JAMA psychiatry, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
The promise of smartphone applications and connected technologies for mental health to
advance diagnosis, augment treatment, and expand access has received much attention …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a consensus around standards for smartphone apps and digital mental health

J Torous, G Andersson, A Bertagnoli… - World …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mental disorders impact one in four people worldwide, yet access to care is challenging for
those who suffer from them1. Mental health apps offer the potential to overcome access bar …

Smartphone applications for mental health

A Radovic, PL Vona, AM Santostefano… - … , Behavior, and Social …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Many adolescents and adults do not seek treatment for mental health symptoms.
Smartphone applications (apps) may assist individuals with mental health concerns in …

Mobile app tools for identifying and managing mental health disorders in primary care

JC Magee, S Adut, K Brazill, S Warnick - Current treatment options in …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Mental health apps are intriguing yet challenging tools for
addressing barriers to treatment in primary care. In the current review, we seek to assist …

[HTML][HTML] Potential and pitfalls of mobile mental health apps in traditional treatment: an umbrella review

J Koh, GYQ Tng, A Hartanto - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
While the rapid growth of mobile mental health applications has offered an avenue of
support unbridled by physical distance, time, and cost, the digitalization of traditional …