mHealth Apps for Depression: Overcoming Challenges

Psychiatric Times March 9, 2022
Sara Robinson, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, Pamela S. Kallmerten, PhD, DNP, RN, CNL

How can mHealth apps help overcome barriers to access to care?

(This is part 1 of a 3-part series discussing mHealth apps. Parts 2 and 3 will be posted shortly—Ed.)

In the United States, 21% of adults (52.9 million) are estimated to have experienced a mental health disorder within a given year.¹ The response to behavioral health needs in US communities is inadequate, which has created a gap between the need for treatment and the delivery of care: Of the 52.9 million adults with any behavioral health disorder, only approximately 16.9% (41.4 million people) received inpatient or outpatient behavioral health services within the year prior to the 2020 study.¹

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