Evidence-based apps? A review of mental health mobile applications in a psychotherapy context
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App-based interventions have already been extensively reviewed in the literature.
“App-based interventions have also already been extensively reviewed in the literature [17].”
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The majority of the included studies used mobile apps to deliver CBT for anxiety or depression or both.
“Consistent with previous reviews (eg, Lui et al [9]), the majority of the included studies used mobile apps to deliver CBT for anxiety or depression or both.”
Most of these systematic reviews found methodological issues in mental health app research, such as a lack of control or comparison groups or representative samples, and a high risk of bias.
“Most of these systematic reviews found methodological issues (such as a lack of control or comparison groups or representative samples, and a high risk of bias) [9,10]”
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Several systematic reviews have recently been published focusing on various aspects and outcomes of mental health apps.
“Several systematic reviews have recently been published focusing on various aspects and outcomes of mental health apps [8–13].”
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Most of these systematic reviews found insufficient evidence of effectiveness of mental health apps for changing behaviours or improving clinical outcomes.
“and insufficient evidence of effectiveness of mental health apps for changing behaviours or improving clinical outcomes [9,11,13].”
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- Authors
- Lui, J. H. L., Marcus, D. K., & Barry, C. T.
- Affiliations
- Washington State University (US)
- Venue
- Professional Psychology Research and Practice
- Published
- 2017-06
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 199-210
- ISSN
- 0735-7028 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1323
- OpenAlex
- W2590109567
- Cited by
- 217
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 50 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 26.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Professional Psychology Research and Practice (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- mental health apps, mobile application, psychotherapy, evidence-based practice, digital mental health interventions, app quality
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