E-mental health – a land of unlimited possibilities

Psych-related iPhone apps

“…Perhaps rather fittingly, there is no better time than the present to apply this uncompromising vision of high standards to the constantly proliferating landscape of iPhone app development and, in particular, apps designed specifically for the audiences of psychiatry, psychology and mental health. While a recent ''E-mental health'' themed issue within Journal of Mental Health has set the scene for current advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) (Schmidt & Wykes, 2012), a more focussed exploration of smart-phone app developments is timely.…”

Web-Based Measure of Life Events Using Computerized Life Events and Assessment Record (CLEAR): Preliminary Cross-Sectional Study of Reliability, Validity, and Association With Depression (Preprint)

“…Advantages include using pre-coded algorithmic scoring [24], lower costs [25], project-personalised presentation [26], and personalised feedback [27]. To date such digitalised methods have not been applied to the assessment of complex social risk factors such as LEs.…”

Of making many books there is no end: the development of the developmental literature

“…It seems very unlikely that future editions of these books will appear in a printed form. Online services give the writer virtually unrestricted scope for expansion, opening up a ''land of unlimited possibilities'' (Schmidt & Wykes, 2012). It is noticeable that when this journal produced special issues on e-health -21 [4] 2012 and on self-help -20 [6] 2011, all of the writers welcomed this scope for expansion.…”