Development Guidelines from a Study of Suicide Prevention Mobile Applications (Apps)

Aguirre, Regina T. P.; McCoy, Mary K.; Roan, Michelle

doi:10.1080/15228835.2013.814750

Cited by 47 publications

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“…The apps were Destructive Issues [43], Teen Depression Connect [43], Teen Hotline [43], Primary School Assessments [21], Preschooler Assessments [21], and Your Child’s Social Health [21]. These analyses concluded that none of these apps have been subject to research evaluation and that the content of some did not reflect best practice guidelines.…”

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Mental Health Mobile Apps for Preadolescents and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Grist¹,

Porter²,

Stallard³

2017

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundThere are an increasing number of mobile apps available for adolescents with mental health problems and an increasing interest in assimilating mobile health (mHealth) into mental health services. Despite the growing number of apps available, the evidence base for their efficacy is unclear.ObjectiveThis review aimed to systematically appraise the available research evidence on the efficacy and acceptability of mobile apps for mental health in children and adolescents younger than 18 years.MethodsThe following were systematically searched for relevant publications between January 2008 and July 2016: APA PsychNet, ACM Digital Library, Cochrane Library, Community Care Inform-Children, EMBASE, Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Social Policy and Practice, Web of Science, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, and OpenGrey. Abstracts were included if they described mental health apps (targeting depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, self-harm, suicide prevention, conduct disorder, eating disorders and body image issues, schizophrenia, psychosis, and insomnia) for mobile devices and for use by adolescents younger than 18 years.ResultsA total of 24 publications met the inclusion criteria. These described 15 apps, two of which were available to download. Two small randomized trials and one case study failed to demonstrate a significant effect of three apps on intended mental health outcomes. Articles that analyzed the content of six apps for children and adolescents that were available to download established that none had undergone any research evaluation. Feasibility outcomes suggest acceptability of apps was good and app usage was moderate.ConclusionsOverall, there is currently insufficient research evidence to support the effectiveness of apps for children, preadolescents, and adolescents with mental health problems. Given the number and pace at which mHealth apps are being released on app stores, methodologically robust research studies evaluating their safety, efficacy, and effectiveness is promptly needed.

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confidence: 99%

Mental Health Mobile Apps for Preadolescents and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Grist¹,

Porter²,

Stallard³

2017

J Med Internet Res

408

296

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“…In line with previous eHealth and suicide prevention reviews [10,20,21, 24] we rated broader app quality indicators. These quality-related features included: the type of developer or provider of the app (Q1); whether the provider name or contact details was explicitly stated within the app (Q2); whether references for the source of app content was included (Q3); whether a privacy policy was included within the app or app store description (Q4); whether the app could be protected with an account login, password or personal identification number (Q5); and whether bugs or reliability issues were apparent through use of the app (although the reviewers did not seek to exhaustively test the app for reliability; Q6).…”

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A Systematic Assessment of Smartphone Tools for Suicide Prevention

2016

Primary Health Care

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“…Whilst it is important to connect this research to that of others working in the area of apps, tablets and Smartphones for suicide prevention (Aguirre, McCoy, & Roan, 2013), the way the authors have done this makes it difficult to compare their results to those of others.…”

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A Post Publication Review of "Tragedy: Facebook, Aboriginal Peoples and Suicide"

McKinley

Ritchie

Burmeister

2016

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Development Guidelines from a Study of Suicide Prevention Mobile Applications (Apps)

Cited by 47 publications

References 10 publications

Mental Health Mobile Apps for Preadolescents and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Mental Health Mobile Apps for Preadolescents and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

A Systematic Assessment of Smartphone Tools for Suicide Prevention

A Post Publication Review of "Tragedy: Facebook, Aboriginal Peoples and Suicide"

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