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Evidence-based apps? A review of mental health mobile applications in a psychotherapy context
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“App-based interventions have also already been extensively reviewed in the literature [17].”
From Synchronous Web-Based Psychotherapy for Mental Disorders From a Health Quality Perspective: Scoping Review (2023) · cites this paper as [17]
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“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.”
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“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]”
From Artificial intelligence and machine learning in mobile apps for mental health: A scoping review (2022) · cites this paper as [9]
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“Several systematic reviews have recently been published focusing on various aspects and outcomes of mental health apps [8–13].”
From Artificial intelligence and machine learning in mobile apps for mental health: A scoping review (2022) · cites this paper as [9]
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“and insufficient evidence of effectiveness of mental health apps for changing behaviours or improving clinical outcomes [9,11,13].”
From Artificial intelligence and machine learning in mobile apps for mental health: A scoping review (2022) · cites this paper as [9]
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Metadata
- 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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