Social anxiety disorder or social phobia is a condition characterized by debilitating fear and
avoidance of different social situations. We provide an overview of social anxiety and …

Background The development of mobile computing technology has enabled the delivery of
psychological interventions while people go about their everyday lives. The original visions …

The ability to regulate emotions in response to stress is central to healthy development.
Whereas early research in emotion regulation predominantly employed static, self-report …

Background Smartphone app–based therapies offer clear promise for reducing the gap in
available mental health care for people at risk for or people with mental illness. To this end …

Background: Cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, and obesity are common
chronic diseases, and their prevalence is reaching an epidemic level worldwide. As the …

Background: Over the past decade, there has been growing support for the use of mobile
health (mHealth) technologies to improve the availability of mental health interventions …

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health conditions in children, with
approximately 13% of kids struggling with excessive anxiety. The vast majority do not have …

Background: Mobile device–based tools to help adolescents practice skills outside of
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) sessions for treating an anxiety disorder may lead to …

Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs) are envisioned to harness rich data on users'
contexts. However, many JITAIs fall short in leveraging the value of the data while sculpting …

Written by two leading experts in the field, this welcome third edition of Children in Difficulty:
A guide to understanding and helping discusses some of the most common, yet …