App-based psychological interventions: friend or foe?: Table 1

Leigh, Simon; Flatt, Steve

doi:10.1136/eb-2015-102203

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“…The provision of practical tools is important to support young people to translate what they are reading into exercises that they can experience and use in times of need. To our knowledge, only two of the apps have thus far been evaluated for effectiveness: Headspace (Howells et al 2016) and In Hand (Simons et al 2015), which is consistent with reports of a high availability of apps but low evidence base of effectiveness (Leigh & Flatt 2015).…”

Section: Part 2: Review Of Digital Technologiessupporting

confidence: 73%

Promoting Mental Wellbeing in Young People Aged 12–18 Years: Opportunities for Design

Taylor

Leslie

Boddie

2017

Electronic Workshops in Computing

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Young people with poor mental health are more likely to have poor educational attainment, employment prospects and physical health, and mental health problems often persist into adulthood. Mental health promotion aims to elevate levels of mental wellbeing while protecting against its loss and reducing the prevalence of mental health problems. The delivery of and access to mental health promotion has evolved over recent years. This research explored the area of technology for promoting mental wellbeing in young people. The research was in two parts: focus groups with 34 young people aged 12-18 years, which identified a preference for digital sources of support; and a review of 14 apps and websites for supporting 12-18 year olds to promote their mental wellbeing, which identified significant shortfalls. The main contribution to HCI is new insights and opportunities for design to support young people aged 12-18 years to promote their mental wellbeing.Mental health; mental wellbeing; mental health promotion; young people; digital technology.

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Section: Part 2: Review Of Digital Technologiessupporting

confidence: 73%

Promoting Mental Wellbeing in Young People Aged 12–18 Years: Opportunities for Design

Taylor

Leslie

Boddie

2017

Electronic Workshops in Computing

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“…But when two researchers took a close look at these apps last year, they found that only 4 of the 14 provided any evidence to support their claims 10 . Simon Leigh, a health economist at Lifecode Solutions in Liverpool, UK, who conducted the analysis, says he wasn't shocked by the finding because efficacy research is costly and may mean that app developers have less to spend on marketing their products.…”

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confidence: 99%

Mental health: There’s an app for that

Anthes¹

2016

Nature

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“…In addition, the growth of the sector in the last few years is indisputable; while in 2014 there were around 100.000 applications globally available in the Health sections of different digital platforms [23], in 2016 the number has risen to 150.000 approximately [24]. Furthermore, interest in mHealth for Mental Health Conditions and its potential is also increasing [25][26][27][28]. There is also a will to use mobile apps for mental health by the psychiatric population [21,22]; regarding the global population, especially the young, around 30,8% to 38,8% were found to be looking for mental health information on the internet [29,30] and 68% indicated they would use the internet for mental health support if needed [30].…”

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confidence: 99%

"Medtep DBT": A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Native App and Web Platform for Borderline Personality Disorder Patients and Their Therapists

Suñol¹,

Panisello²,

Castell³

et al. 2017

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Objective: The present article is aimed at describing the development process of Medtep DBT, a native app and web platform, based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) patients and their therapists. Materials and Methods: The development of Medtep DBT involved five steps: Analysis of the current mobile apps related to DBT and BPD. Development of a beta version of Medtep DBT in collaboration with psychiatrists, psychologists and BPD patients in knowledge of DBT. Testing the beta version by other BPD patients and introducing changes based on provided feedback. Content validation of the final version by mental health professionals. Results: Content validity has been granted by psychologist and psychiatrist whose experience with the use of the platform has been satisfactory. Feedback from BPD patients has also been positive. Discussion: Medtep DBT can be very useful for both, BPD patients and psychologists and psychiatrists; besides being built on evidence-based DBT standards, it is reinforced by BPD patients' and mental health professionals' feedback and collaboration. Even though its content validity has been granted, a pilot study is being carried out to assess its effectiveness. Conclusion: Medtep DBT facilitates BPD patients the accessibility to digital therapeutic tools to register all the information related to the therapy in a more patient-friendly manner versus paper. Moreover, therapists can provide personalized care in a timely manner. So far, Medtep DBT provides a patient-therapist approach like no other app available in the market.

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App-based psychological interventions: friend or foe?: Table 1

Cited by 141 publications

References 13 publications

Promoting Mental Wellbeing in Young People Aged 12–18 Years: Opportunities for Design

Promoting Mental Wellbeing in Young People Aged 12–18 Years: Opportunities for Design

Mental health: There’s an app for that

"Medtep DBT": A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Native App and Web Platform for Borderline Personality Disorder Patients and Their Therapists

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