Over promised, over-sold and underperforming? – e-health in mental health

Wykes, Til; Brown, Mark

doi:10.3109/09638237.2015.1124406

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“…The original design of the app guides a user through the program but does not support a professional in finding suitable material to a client. Hence, a successful adoption of the app into clinical practice is likely to require additional decision support and training to help nurses to provide blended care by choosing exercises to recommend to their clients or schedule into their client meetings [44]. This kind of tailored support could also be built into the app [45], which could ease the adoption by reducing the time and effort needed to get thoroughly familiar with the app.…”

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Applicability of acceptance and commitment therapy-based mobile app in depression nursing

Kaipainen¹,

Välkkynen²,

Kilkku

2016

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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Due to the high burden of depression, new models and methods of mental healthcare need to be developed. Prior research has shown the potential benefits of using technology tools such as mobile apps as self-help or combined with psychological treatment. Therefore, professionals should acquaint themselves with evidence-based apps to be able to use them with clients and guide the clients in their use. The purpose of this study was to explore how an acceptance and commitment therapy-based mobile app was perceived as a self-management tool among nurses, and how it could be applied in the prevention and treatment of depression and other mental health issues. Sixteen Finnish nurses undergoing depression nurse specialist education used the app for 5 weeks and participated in semistructured focus group interviews. Interviews were analyzed by qualitative content analysis. In general, the nurses found the app suitable as a self-management tool and identified three models of using it in clinical practice. Having used the app personally, the nurses were eager to take it into use with various client groups, especially in occupational health but also in the treatment of mental health problems. However, they also raised concerns about the effort needed in familiarizing oneself with the content and pointed out specific client groups for whom the benefits of the app should be carefully weighed against the potential risks. Despite the small sample size, the findings suggest that involving technology tools as part of the nurses' education could ease their adoption in clinical practice. The degree of professional support in the app use should be aligned to the severity of the mental health problems.

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Applicability of acceptance and commitment therapy-based mobile app in depression nursing

Kaipainen¹,

Välkkynen²,

Kilkku

2016

Behav. Med. Pract. Policy Res.

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“…The transition of these tools to the mental health field was delayed and its potential to improve the lives of people with mental health problems may be jeopardize by not considering some of its limitations 19 .…”

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Development of weCope, a mobile app for illness self-management in schizophrenia

Almeida

Sousa

Couto

et al. 2019

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo)

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Objective: To describe the development of weCope, a Portuguese mobile app for people with schizophrenia. Methods: The development of weCope followed 4 stages: I-102 people with psychotic disorders completed an online questionnaire; II-a multidisciplinary focus group was conducted among five mental health professionals; III-we developed the app; IV-9 participants used weCope during 8 weeks to assess its efficiency. Results: weCope targets coping with voices, problem solving, goals setting and stress management, and results indicated that: weCope improved symptoms, sense of recovery and personal and social functioning; 59% of the participants were willing to download an application for illness self-management; professionals revealed some concerns about mHealth but enhanced the high importance to develop these apps; usability testing revealed that 89% considered weCope useful for illness self-management. However, the more years with mental illness, the less importance is given to a mobile application for this purpose. Discussion: weCope was developed through a comprehensive development process and may contribute to a subjective perception of the patient's better well-being and health condition.

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“…In the past years, there has been a significant effort in capturing those individual and health systems related outcomes [14,15]. However, only little evidence exists about health professionals, who work in the area of clinical and health psychology in pregnancy, and their expectations, needs, and willingness to promote e-mental health for maternal depression [16].…”

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Introduction of e-mental health in national health systems – A health professionals' perspective

Osma¹,

Sprenger²,

Mettler³

2017

Health Policy and Technology

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Objectives: Evidence exists that e-mental health applications for maternal depression could assist in diagnosing such conditions in an early stage. This study explores the intention of health professionals to use and recommend e-mental health applications and how they think these applications should be integrated in the national health system. Methods:We applied an exploratory sequential mixed-method research design. First, we collect and analyze responses from 131 health professionals in the field of pregnancy and maternal care. Based on these findings, we conduct semi-structured interviews with 16 experts to expand on the initial results.Results: Our study reveals that health professionals would in general intend to recommend and use e-mental health applications. However, their attitude towards e-mental health applications varies with respect to the coverage of the mental health process. Conclusion: The results are of relevance for research and practice. Two scenarios are described that show how health professionals perceive an introduction of e-mental health to be useful. Please cite this article as: Osma J, et al. Introduction of e-mental health in national health systems -A health professionals' perspective. Health Policy and Technology (2017), http://dx.

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Over promised, over-sold and underperforming? – e-health in mental health

Cited by 44 publications

References 32 publications

Applicability of acceptance and commitment therapy-based mobile app in depression nursing

Applicability of acceptance and commitment therapy-based mobile app in depression nursing

Development of weCope, a mobile app for illness self-management in schizophrenia

Introduction of e-mental health in national health systems – A health professionals' perspective

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