Harnessing Smartphone-Based Digital Phenotyping to Enhance Behavioral and Mental Health

Onnela, Jukka-Pekka; Rauch, Scott L

doi:10.1038/npp.2016.7

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Harnessing Smartphone-Based Digital Phenotyping to Enhance Behavioral and Mental Health

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Onnela, Jukka-Pekka, Rauch, Scott L·2016·Neuropsychopharmacology

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Authors: Onnela, J.-P., & Rauch, S. L.
Affiliations: Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author: Onnela, Jukka-Pekka
ORCID: Onnela, Jukka-Pekka
Rauch, Scott L
Venue: Neuropsychopharmacology
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2016-01-28
Volume: 41
Issue: 7
Pages: 1691-1696
ISSN: 0893-133X (ISSN-L)
1740-634X
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2016.7
PMC: PMC4869063
OpenAlex: W2392412101
Cited by: 726
References: 8
Citations by year: 2026: 176 · 2025: 75 · 2024: 71 · 2023: 57 · 2022: 75 · 2021: 74 · 2020: 70 · 2019: 62 · 2018: 41 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 4
FWCI: 60.73
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Neuropsychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
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Funders: National Institute of Mental Health (DP2MH103909)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
Social Sciences › Transportation › Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
Keywords: digital phenotyping, smartphones, behavioral phenotypes, mental health, psychiatric diagnosis, disease markers, temporal resolution, naturalistic behavior, mobile health
MeSH terms: Smartphone, Behavior, Mental Disorders, Humans, Mental Health, Privacy

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