Mobile health (mHealth) for mental health in Asia: Objectives, strategies, and limitations
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Mobile technologies are transforming the way in which we interact with one another, access resources, find information, and conduct business around the world. Harnessing the capabilities of mobile technologies to support health care initiatives worldwide has developed into a new interdisciplinary field called mobile health (mHealth). In the current paper, we review the penetration of mobile technology in Asia, and consider the integration of mobile technologies into the study, diagnoses, and treatment of mental disorders in the region. We outline how mHealth programs could improve mental health literacy, provide greater access to mental health services, extend community-based outreach and engagement, support self-management of illness, and regulate medication distribution. We end with a consideration of the potential barriers and limitations of mHealth for mental health, including funding, language and literacy barriers, power supply considerations, data security, and privacy issues.
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Consideration of users' health beliefs and health literacy levels in message development may improve the sustainability and effectiveness of mHealth.
“Some aspects of cultural adaptation that may improve the sustainability and effectiveness of mHealth include the consideration of users’ health beliefs and health literacy levels in message development [2,5]”
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Mobile phone use or use of specific capabilities like text messaging or voice calling are common within the group targeted.
“(3) mobile phone use or use of specific capabilities like text messaging or voice calling are common within the group targeted”
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mHealth has proven acceptable or effective in other, similar areas, or in feasibility studies.
“(4) mHealth has proven acceptable or effective in other, similar areas, or in feasibility studies [2-8].”
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Traditional health promotion methods often fail to serve the group in question.
“(1) traditional health promotion methods often fail to serve the group in question”
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The low cost of mHealth interventions makes mHealth interventions feasible in low-resource environments.
“(2) the low cost of mHealth interventions make mHealth interventions feasible in low-resource environments”
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- Authors
- Brian, R. M., & Ben-Zeev, D.
- Affiliations
- Dartmouth College (US)
- ORCID
- Brian, Rachel M.
- Venue
- Asian Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-08
- Volume
- 10
- Pages
- 96-100
- ISSN
- 1876-2018 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2156507953
- Semantic Scholar
- 029b27e513cd55cfb2161af213b10531f9d5431a
- Cited by
- 121
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 1.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Asian Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Mobile Learning in Education
- Keywords
- mobile health, mental health, Asia, mental illness, mental health literacy, access to mental health care, community outreach, health self-management, medication distribution, data security, privacy, language barriers, power supply, funding
- MeSH terms
- Asia, Mental Disorders, Humans, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Self Care, Telemedicine, Cell Phone, Health Literacy
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