MD Magazine December 31, 2022
A new cross-sectional analysis suggest there are few options available for patients with schizophrenia or a serious mood disorder.
Despite there being an abundancy in mental health smartphone apps now available to consumers, the current marketplace offers little variety in its features, nor capability in assuring consumer/patient privacy, according to findings.
In new data from a team of investigators in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, mental health apps on smartphone app marketplaces commonly offered psychoeducation, goal-setting and mindfulness exercises and features—but not too frequently other elements of mental health care. What’s more, investigators observed no correlation between high app marketplace user ratings and pronounced privacy settings on such apps.
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