The evolving field of digital mental health: current evidence and implementation issues for smartphone apps, generative artificial intelligence, and virtual reality

Torous, John, Linardon, Jake, Goldberg, Simon B., Sun, Shufang, Bell, Imogen, Nicholas, Jennifer, Hassan, Lamiece, Hua, Yining +2 more·2025·World Psychiatry
DOI 10.1002/wps.21299

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