Smartphones for Smarter Care? Self-Management in Schizophrenia

Sandoval, Luis; Torous, John; Keshavan, Matcheri S.

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16090990

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“…E-mental health interventions have mainly been carried out through websites; more recently the dissemination of MPs Apps has allowed for a widespread access by refugees and asylum seekers. Sandoval, Torous, and Keshavan [63] stressed the advantages of these applications, such as: affordability, accessibility, minimal commitment, engagement, and lack of stigma, and discussed the clinical case of Mr A., a young Eritrean who lived in a refugee camp for 9 months before arriving in the United States. Once he arrived in the US, he started experiencing psychiatric symptoms, received a diagnosis of schizophrenia, and started following traditional psychiatric treatment.…”

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“…Taken together, the few studies related to the use of e-mental health programs/Apps seem to report encouraging results. Nevertheless, evidence-based data on the efficacy of these treatments are still limited, and issues about data storage, privacy, costs, problems related to the shared use of the MPs [63] as well as their usability and interoperability [62] have not been addressed and normed yet.…”

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The opportunities and risks of mobile phones for refugees’ experience: A scoping review

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Although mobile phones (MPs) are inexorably changing the forced migration experience, the realm of digital migration studies is still fragmented and lacking an analytical focus. Many research areas are still unexplored, while no narrative, scoping or systematic reviews have been conducted on this topic to date. The present review analyzed scientific contributions in Humanistic and Social Sciences with the aim to provide an overview of existing studies on the role of mobile phones (MPs) on refugees’ experience, and to inform practice and policymaking for advancing the use of MPs for the protection of migrants’ human rights. A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O’Malley framework and the JBI Reviewer’s Manual recommendations. A three-step search was carried out in four bibliographic databases by three independent reviewers. Review selection and extraction were performed using an interactive team approach. Forty-three theoretical and empirical contributions were selected, and their content analyzed. The contributions ranged from 2013 to 2018 and varied in terms of disciplines, objectives, methodology, contexts, and migrants’ origin, with the most studied group being Syrians. Five different topics concerning refugees’ experience and MPs’ usage emerged: (a) media practices in refugees’ everyday lives; (b) opportunity and risks of MPs during the migration journey; (c) the role of MPs in maintaining and developing social relations; (d) potential of MPs for refugees” self-assertion and self-empowerment; (e) MPs for refugees’ health and education. The results showed that modern devices, such as mobile phones, bring both risks and opportunities for refugees’ experience, thereby both favouring and threatening asylum seekers’ and refugees’ human rights. Recommendations to policymaking and services and associations for advancing the use of MPs for the protection of the rights of migrants have been proposed.

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The opportunities and risks of mobile phones for refugees’ experience: A scoping review

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“…Considering the affordability and accessibility of mobile phones, scholars demonstrated that mental health apps and short messaging service (SMS) became complementary methods for monitoring mental health conditions among refugees (Sandoval, Torous, & Keshavan, 2017; Tomita, Kandolo, Susser, & Burns, 2016). In the case of a young Eritrean refugee (Mr. A) who recently resettled in the United States after living 9 years in a refugee camp, the mobile phone enabled him to monitor and learn about his condition, as well as to engage in potential recovery scenarios without fearing stigma (Sandoval et al, 2017). On the other hand, the practical potentials of smartphone devices are extensively covered in the literature on refugee resettlement.…”

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Mobile communication and refugees: An analytical review of academic literature

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2020

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Over the past decade, an expanding literature has explored the ways in which refugees rely on mobile communication technologies to stay in touch with a wider community and to access relevant information and services in their new places. Nevertheless, challenges linked to (a lack of) digital literacy and accessibility among refugees, and associated risks of technology use can negatively affect their empowerment and participation in a “mediatized” society. In light of the mutually shaping processes emerging between technology and society, this article provides an overview of studies focusing on the relationship between mobile communication practices and refugee lives under different circumstances. Using the concept of affordances as an analytic tool, this article looks into ways in which existing studies address the possibilities and vulnerabilities of mobile communications, the social conditions, and the agency of refugees in engaging with mobile technologies in the different temporal and spatial dimensions of their migration trajectories. Future studies should explore more collective processes and the power dynamics involved in the appropriation of mobile technologies by different migration actors.

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“…those in the first few years of psychotic illness) are typically younger individuals raised in an increasingly digital world who are interested in technology-enabled services for medication monitoring, psychoeducation, clinical scheduling, information on recovery, 2 and psychosocial treatment 3 . Case reports of individuals using smartphone applications (‘apps’) to supplement cognitive–behavioural therapy for psychosis 4 and to track auditory hallucinations, 5 coupled with data indicating up to 40% of individuals with schizophrenia use their smartphone or computers to play music to block auditory hallucinations 1 underscore that individuals with ECP are not waiting for the clinical community to sanction the use of digital technology in care.…”

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A new hope for early psychosis care: the evolving landscape of digital care tools

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SummaryImproving understanding of and outcomes for early-course psychosis (ECP) is a recognised global mental health priority. We argue digital health technologies can advance care for ECP by better accounting for clinical heterogeneity, offering better predictive models, increasing access to early interventions and enhancing existing treatment options.Declaration of interestL.M.T. owns shares in Safari Health Inc – a digital health technology company.

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Smartphones for Smarter Care? Self-Management in Schizophrenia

Cited by 20 publications

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The opportunities and risks of mobile phones for refugees’ experience: A scoping review

The opportunities and risks of mobile phones for refugees’ experience: A scoping review

Mobile communication and refugees: An analytical review of academic literature

A new hope for early psychosis care: the evolving landscape of digital care tools

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