Torous, John

Utilizing a Personal Smartphone Custom App to Assess the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

Torous, J., Staples, P., Shanahan, M., Lin, C., Peck, P., Keshavan, M., & Onnela, J.-P. (2015) · JMIR Mental Health

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

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Building the case for actionable ethics in digital health research supported by artificial intelligence

Nebeker, C., Torous, J., & Bartlett Ellis, R. J. (2019) · BMC Medicine

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationEthics and Social Impacts of AI

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“It happened to be the perfect thing”: experiences of generative AI chatbots for mental health

Siddals, S., Torous, J., & Coxon, A. (2024) · npj Mental Health Research

Digital Mental Health InterventionsSocial Robot Interaction and HRI

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Guidelines for wrist-worn consumer wearable assessment of heart rate in biobehavioral research

Nelson, B. W., Low, C. A., Jacobson, N., Areán, P., Torous, J., & Allen, N. B. (2020) · npj Digital Medicine

Non-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

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Mobile phone-based interventions for mental health: A systematic meta-review of 14 meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials

Goldberg, S. B., Lam, S. U., Simonsson, O., Torous, J., & Sun, S. (2022) · PLOS Digital Health

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

Cited by 237

Patient Smartphone Ownership and Interest in Mobile Apps to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions: A Survey in Four Geographically Distinct Psychiatric Clinics

Torous, J., Chan, S. R., Yee-Marie Tan, S., Behrens, J., Mathew, I., Conrad, E. J., Hinton, L., Yellowlees, P., & Keshavan, M. (2014) · JMIR Mental Health

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

Cited by 228

Smartphones, Sensors, and Machine Learning to Advance Real-Time Prediction and Interventions for Suicide Prevention: a Review of Current Progress and Next Steps

Torous, J., Larsen, M. E., Depp, C., Cosco, T. D., Barnett, I., Nock, M. K., & Firth, J. (2018) · Current Psychiatry Reports

Suicide and Self-Harm StudiesDigital Mental Health Interventions

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Creating a Digital Health Smartphone App and Digital Phenotyping Platform for Mental Health and Diverse Healthcare Needs: an Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Approach

Torous, J., Wisniewski, H., Bird, B., Carpenter, E., David, G., Elejalde, E., Fulford, D., Guimond, S., Hays, R., Henson, P., et al. (2019) · Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

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Mental health mobile phone app usage, concerns, and benefits among psychiatric outpatients: comparative survey study

Torous, J., Wisniewski, H., Liu, G., & Keshavan, M. (2018) · JMIR Mental Health

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

Cited by 201

The digital placebo effect: mobile mental health meets clinical psychiatry

Torous, J., & Firth, J. (2016) · The Lancet Psychiatry

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

Cited by 200

Digital transformation of mental health services

Bond, R. R., Mulvenna, M. D., Potts, C., O’Neill, S., Ennis, E., & Torous, J. (2023) · npj Mental Health Research

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

Cited by 199

A Hierarchical Framework for Evaluation and Informed Decision Making Regarding Smartphone Apps for Clinical Care

Torous, J. B., Chan, S. R., Gipson, S. Y.-M. T., Kim, J. W., Nguyen, T.-Q., Luo, J., & Wang, P. (2018) · Psychiatric Services

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

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Opportunities From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic for Transforming Psychiatric Care With Telehealth

Torous, J., & Wykes, T. (2020) · JAMA Psychiatry

Telemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationCOVID-19 and Mental Health

Cited by 167

Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Large-scale Quasi-Experimental Study on Social Media

Saha, K., Torous, J., Caine, E. D., & De Choudhury, M. (2020) · Journal of Medical Internet Research

Mental Health via WritingCOVID-19 and Mental Health

Cited by 166

Towards a Framework for Evaluating Mobile Mental Health Apps

Chan, S., Torous, J., Hinton, L., & Yellowlees, P. (2015) · Telemedicine and e-Health

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

Cited by 163

Digital Technology Use Among Individuals with Schizophrenia: Results of an Online Survey

Gay, K., Torous, J., Joseph, A., Pandya, A., & Duckworth, K. (2016) · JMIR Mental Health

Schizophrenia research and treatmentDigital Mental Health Interventions

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Preventive digital mental health interventions for children and young people: A review of the design and reporting of research

Bergin, A. D., Vallejos, E. P., Davies, E. B., Daley, D., Ford, T., Harold, G., Hetrick, S., Kidner, M., Long, Y., Merry, S., et al. (2020) · npj Digital Medicine

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

Cited by 157

Digital mental health apps and the therapeutic alliance: initial review

Henson, P., Wisniewski, H., Hollis, C., Keshavan, M., & Torous, J. (2019) · BJPsych Open

Digital Mental Health InterventionsPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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A scoping review of large language models for generative tasks in mental health care

Hua, Y., Na, H., Li, Z., Liu, F., Fang, X., Clifton, D., & Torous, J. (2025) · npj Digital Medicine

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationDigital Mental Health Interventions

Cited by 151

Characterizing the clinical relevance of digital phenotyping data quality with applications to a cohort with schizophrenia

Torous, J., Staples, P., Barnett, I., Sandoval, L. R., Keshavan, M., & Onnela, J.-P. (2018) · npj Digital Medicine

Mental Health Research TopicsDigital Mental Health Interventions

Cited by 123

ChatGPT and mental healthcare: balancing benefits with risks of harms

Blease, C., & Torous, J. (2023) · BMJ Mental Health

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationDigital Mental Health Interventions

Cited by 122

Current research and trends in the use of smartphone applications for mood disorders

Torous, J., & Powell, A. C. (2015) · Internet Interventions

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMobile Health and mHealth Applications

Cited by 121

Digital phenotyping for mental health of college students: a clinical review

Melcher, J., Hays, R., & Torous, J. (2020) · Evidence Based Mental Health

Digital Mental Health InterventionsMental Health Research Topics

Cited by 121

Charting the evolution of artificial intelligence mental health chatbots from rule‐based systems to large language models: a systematic review

Hua, Y., Siddals, S., Ma, Z., Galatzer‐Levy, I., Xia, W., Hau, C., Na, H., Flathers, M., Linardon, J., Ayubcha, C., et al. (2025) · World Psychiatry

Digital Mental Health InterventionsArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education

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