Mental health care has been enriched with progressive use of technology during the last ten years, contributing to create new paradigms and methodologies. Mobile apps and smartphones have become the most widespread access point for many people who look for self-help in the psychological domain. In this paper, we focused on a narrative review of the state of the art of mobile apps for mental health, focusing on the blending of apps with psychotherapy contexts in what can be called 'blended psychotherapy'. Research shows many hints that this might be a winning combination in many scenarios, but at the same time, many issues must still be faced in this yet emerging scientific field. In conclusion, we try to put together some major guidelines for mental health mobile app development in the context of psychological treatments.
Mental Health Mobile Apps to Empower Psychotherapy: A Narrative Review / Diano, F.; Ponticorvo, M.; Sica, L. S.. - (2022), pp. 306-311. (Intervento presentato al convegno 1st IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Extended Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Neural Engineering, MetroXRAINE 2022 tenutosi a ita nel 2022) [10.1109/MetroXRAINE54828.2022.9967663].
Mental Health Mobile Apps to Empower Psychotherapy: A Narrative Review
Diano F.;Ponticorvo M.;Sica L. S.
2022
Abstract
Mental health care has been enriched with progressive use of technology during the last ten years, contributing to create new paradigms and methodologies. Mobile apps and smartphones have become the most widespread access point for many people who look for self-help in the psychological domain. In this paper, we focused on a narrative review of the state of the art of mobile apps for mental health, focusing on the blending of apps with psychotherapy contexts in what can be called 'blended psychotherapy'. Research shows many hints that this might be a winning combination in many scenarios, but at the same time, many issues must still be faced in this yet emerging scientific field. In conclusion, we try to put together some major guidelines for mental health mobile app development in the context of psychological treatments.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
