Mobile technology for mental health assessment
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2016
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Dialogues in clinical neuroscience
Abstract
Assessment and outcome monitoring are critical for the effective detection and treatment of mental illness. Traditional methods of capturing social, functional, and behavioral data are limited to the information that patients report back to their health care provider at selected points in time. As a result, these data are not accurate accounts of day-to-day functioning, as they are often influenced by biases in self-report. Mobile technology (mobile applications on smartphones, activity bracelets) has the potential to overcome such problems with traditional assessment and provide information about patient symptoms, behavior, and functioning in real time. Although the use of sensors and apps are widespread, several questions remain in the field regarding the reliability of off-the-shelf apps and sensors, use of these tools by consumers, and provider use of these data in clinical decision-making.
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assessment, mental health, technology, ecological monetary measurement, sensor, Sweden, research, International Resources, clinical decision making
Citation
Areán, P. A., Ly, K. H., & Andersson, G. (2016). Mobile technology for mental health assessment. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 18(2), 163.