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App-based psychological interventions: friend or foe?

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Leigh, Simon, Flatt, Steve·2015·Evidence Based Mental Health

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In a time of increasing demand for psychological services and continually decreasing resources, unmet need with respect to National Health Service (NHS) mental health services is reaching an unprecedented level.1 While monthly referrals to community mental health teams increased 13% in 2013, and 16% in the case of crisis services, investment in mental health services has fallen in real terms for three successive years,2 not helped by the government's £22 billion target for efficiency savings. As such, the resulting loss of over 200 full-time mental health doctors and 3600 nurses1 has meant that despite a £450 million investment in reducing waiting times3 and increasing access to psychological therapies (IAPT), 1 in 10 patients experience waiting lists of over a year before receiving any form of treatment, with 1 in 2 waiting over 3 months.4 One in 6 of those on waiting lists for mental health services are expected to attempt suicide, 4 in 10 are expected to self-harm and two-thirds are likely to see their condition deteriorate before having the opportunity to see a mental health professional.1 ,5 As such, approximately 70 million sick days6 and 170 000 self-harm related accident and emergency attendances7 can be attributed to underlying mental health issues in the UK every year; with these individuals also exhibiting double the rate of both inpatient and outpatient hospital attendances compared to the UK general population.8 Unfortunately long-term prospects for those with mental health issues are not much better. Those suffering from serious mental illness face twice the risk of diabetes and death from heart disease,9 three times the risk of hypertension and a fourfold increase in all-cause premature mortality when compared with the UK general population; all of which contributing to the £105billion that mental distress costs the …

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Authors: Leigh, S., & Flatt, S.
Affiliations: University of Liverpool (GB)
Psychological Therapies Unit CIC, Liverpool, UK
Corresponding author: Leigh, Simon
ORCID: Leigh, Simon
Venue: Evidence Based Mental Health
Publisher: BMJ
Published: 2015-10-12
Volume: 18
Issue: 4
Pages: 97-99
ISSN: 1362-0347 (ISSN-L)
1468-960X
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2015-102203
PMC: PMC11234577
OpenAlex: W2173878884
Cited by: 140
References: 18
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 1
FWCI: 26.43
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Locations: Evidence-Based Mental Health (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Keywords: mental health apps, unmet mental health needs, severe mental illness, self-harm, suicide risk, mental health service funding
MeSH terms: Mental Disorders, United Kingdom, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Mental Health Services, Psychotherapy, Mobile Applications

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