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There is a paucity of peer-reviewed research published regarding mHealth apps to determine their uptake, impact, or best practices for development and regulation.
“More importantly, there is a paucity of peer-reviewed research published regarding mHealth apps to determine their uptake, impact, or the best practices for their development and regulation [12,30,37].”
The limited number of research studies and agencies available to regulate mHealth apps impacts the ability to meet the current needs of this rapidly expanding industry.
“When considering the use and development of mHealth apps, the limited number of research studies and agencies available to regulate this field impacts the ability to meet the current needs of this rapidly expanding industry [12,37].”
HCPs have a responsibility to advocate for best practices, which is challenging with mHealth because of the high rate of app development and the inability of evidence-based practice to keep up.
“HCPs have a responsibility to advocate for best practices; this can be challenging with mHealth because of the high rate of app development and the inability for evidence-based practice to keep up [12,30,37].”
The lack of evaluation of some apps is partially due to the large creation and turnover of mHealth apps available for download and currently limited regulations guiding their development.
“This is partially a result of the large creation and turnover of mHealth apps available for download as well as the currently limited regulations guiding their development [7,12,30].”
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- Authors
- Kuhn, E., & Owen, J. E.
- Affiliations
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kuhn, Eric
- Venue
- Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2020-03-27
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 88-102
- ISSN
- 2196-3061 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3013522272
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 1.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, digital mental health interventions, video telehealth, online intervention, virtual reality exposure therapy, mobile application, military veterans, telepsychiatry
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