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A Hierarchical Framework for Evaluation and Informed Decision Making Regarding Smartphone Apps for Clinical Care

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: With thousands of smartphone apps targeting mental health, it is difficult to ignore the rapidly expanding use of apps in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Patients with psychiatric conditions are interested in mental health apps and have begun to use them. That does not mean that clinicians must support, endorse, or even adopt the use of apps, but they should be prepared to answer patients' questions about apps and facilitate shared decision making around app use. This column describes an evaluation framework designed by the American Psychiatric Association to guide informed decision making around the use of smartphone apps in clinical care.

Source: Psychiatric Services

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201700423

Authors: John Blake Torous, Steven Richard Chan, Shih Yee-Marie Tan Gipson, Jung Won Kim, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, John Luo, Philip Wang

Institutions: University of California, Riverside, Boston Children's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco

Language: English

Topic: Digital Mental Health Interventions

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2792686719

FWCI: 29.24

Cites: 10

Cited by: 191

Related to: 10