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Mental health: There’s an app for that
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“the majority of research published in this field are pilot studies with no comparison group or randomized studies [Randomized controled trials (RCTs)] that have not yet been replicated (89).”
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“Some authors also link the lack of consistency in the security of applications to the fact that government regulations in this field are sometimes ambiguous—e.g., an application pretending to cure a condition will not be subject to the same level of evaluation as an application designed to “improve mood” (89).”
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“Given the rapid penetration of smartphones in Latin America and elsewhere, the integration of app-based interventions may offer the potential to provide more widely distributed mental health care [53].”
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“mental health services do not reach about 55% and 85% of people in developed and developing countries, respectively [9].”
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“According to the World Health Organization [9], 29% of the 15,000 mobile health apps focused on mental health.”
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“approximately one-third of all health-related apps are on mental health topics (12).”
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“there are still a number of challenges to be faced by this rapidly growing industry, in particular those related to the evaluation of these products and interventions affecting countries at all levels of development (12, 13).”
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“Given the sharp increase in Internet access and the rapid penetration of smartphones in Latin America and elsewhere (12)”
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“The accumulating evidence shows promising results but with important challenges that are not different to those found elsewhere in the world (11–16).”
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“Although the penetration of technology and its application to health has been swift in all countries regardless of their level of development (12)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Anthes, E.
- Corresponding author
- Anthes, Emily
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2016-04-06
- Volume
- 532
- Issue
- 7597
- Pages
- 20-23
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2322637108
- Cited by
- 333
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 48 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 48 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 10
- FWCI
- 57.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- mental health apps, mobile application, digital mental health interventions, addiction treatment, schizophrenia, app efficacy, evidence-based assessment
- MeSH terms
- Smartphone, Clinical Trials as Topic, Depression, Developing Countries, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Mental Health, Pilot Projects, Psychiatry, Public Health, Self Care, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Telemedicine, Mobile Applications
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