Abstract
Mental health apps offer unique opportunities for self-management of mental health and well-being in mobile, cost-effective ways. There is an abundance of apps available to consumers, but selecting a useful one presents a challenge. Most available apps are not supported by empirical evidence and thus consumers have access to a range of untested apps, the benefits of which are not known or supported. While user ratings exist, and are likely to be considered by consumers when selecting an app, they do not actually yield information on app suitability. A possible alternative way for consumers to choose an app would be to use an app review platform. A number of attempts have been made to construct such a platform, and this paper introduces PsyberGuide, which offers a step towards providing objective and actionable information for publicly available mental health apps.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 531-537 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Cognitive and Behavioral Practice |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2018 |
Funding
PsyberGuide is a propriety project of, and is funded by, One Mind. The operation of PsyberGuide is managed by Stephen M. Schueller of Northwestern University, who is the PI of a grant from One Mind to Northwestern. Dr. Schueller is supported by a career development award K08MH102336 and is an investigator with the Implementation Research Institute (IRI), at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis; through an award from the National Institute of Mental Health (5R25MH08091607) and the Department of Veteran Affairs, Health Services Research & Development Service, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI).
Keywords
- dissemination
- mHealth
- mental health
- mobile apps
- technology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology