Mobile Health Applications For Mental Health

Mhealth has reached the poorest of communities (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). More than 9 million patients email their physician in 2009 (Digital Health Care, 2010), because patients’ busy lifestyles do not allow time for an office visit for non-emergent health conditions. . In recent years, the expansion of mobile health (mhealth) technologies, including health text messaging, mobile phone applications, remote monitoring, and portable sensors, have changed the way health care is being delivered in the U.S. and globally (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.). Patients like the convenience of communicating with his or her physician through advanced technology.

This week, I decided to reflect solely on the reading entitled “Announcing the Mental Health Engagement Network (MHEN) Lawson, TELUS Health and Canada Health Infoway launch the Mental Health Engagement Network initiative to measure effectiveness of new technology in ongoing health management.” This is because mental health is something that is near and dear to my heart. Over my lifetime, I have seen a three people very close to me struggle with mental illness, which has not only been difficult on them, but also on myself. When reading about the use of cell phones to help improve mental health and wellness, I found it to be a fantastic idea as patient’s are able to track their daily progress, issues, and are in relatively constant contact with

Cell telephones with the Internet access and mixed media abilities, otherwise called "cell phones," have gotten to be universal. Around 168 million individuals in the United States own cell phones in 2014 and spend more than 30 hours every month utilizing a normal of 27 ("applications") on their cell phones (comScore.com, 2014; Nielsen.com, 2014b). Among the most much of the time utilized applications are the ones utilized for informal communication. An expanding measure of exploration has been led in the previous quite a long while to inspect the potential negative impacts of overwhelming cell phone use and simultaneous utilization of person to person communication applications on the intellectual, social, and psychological wellness of cell

The use of technology to deliver or facilitate access to mental health services is an advance in the field meant to embody the basic ethical principles of the American Psychological Association (APA) (2002). The ethical shortcomings of this process will be discussed in further detail below, but it is equally important to emphasize that the ethical benefits outweigh the ethical concerns. To deny at-need populations access to mental health services when technology can be used as an avenue to provide it violates APA Principles A,B,D, and E (APA, 2002).

All information within the article is considered appropriate because all information is cited and factual in American Psychological Association format. The overall article is organized in paragraph structure with proper headings and allows for clear and organized reading. The article begins by summarizing what the article hopes to accomplish which is “the purpose of the present article is to define mHealth within clinical psychology, provide a review and discussion of the functionality of mHealth devices, current trends within the field of psychological mHealth, the challenges faced by researchers and clinicians in this field, and examine directions for future research.” The article ends by summarizing the information written in the article by having a conclusion. The structure is clear enough that the reader can understand the meaning of the article which is to highlight how technology, specifically smart phones can affect mental health treatments. The author marks the structure by using headings such as “Advantages of mHealth Technology” and “Mobile Phones for EMA”. This helps organize the article and helps the overall effect of the article on the reader. The authors, Clough and Casey make the structure by using headings for each section, which allows the reader to clearly follow the information in the

In her article, Jean Twenge describes how post-millennials or what she calls “iGen”, are massively changing in the way they behave in society. She states how not only they interact less with people, but their emotional being is being negatively affected by technology, specifically smartphones. I believe future studies on this subject should include an even broader range of statistics from post-millennials around the world to see how this idea of mental crisis due to smartphones may be the same within different cultures, or perhaps different.

It assists with evidence-based benefits of mental health mobile apps, increase awareness of mHealth and mental health mobile apps, examine the current state of mHealth with the mental health profession, offering solutions for compelling innovation by imparting mental health mobile apps into education, training, and clinical settings. This is where mental health is going presently and into the future. Applying every day technology for positive longterm changes for my clients is what I would like to see more of in my practice. Presently less than 10 percent of my client case load in Mental Health on the Island uses these apps I can see positive results by those that do and will talk more about applying this technology in my

Major advances have taken place within the past decade that focus on making mental health services more accessible. Part of this advancement includes the utilization of technology to help reach underserviced areas. These locations include rural areas and populations that are stigmatized by the use of in-person mental service interactions (Backhaus et al, 2012; Luxton, Pruitt, & Osenbach, 2014; Tuerk, Yoder,

Mobile health (mHealth) is the practice of public healthcare and medicine supported by mobile devices. The use of mobile communication technology in health care is rapidly expanding as mobile phones, tablet computers, personal data assistants (PDA) are becoming well developed. The field of mHealth has emerged as a subdivision of electronic health (eHealth) for the use of information and communication technology. In industrialized areas, the use of mHealth applications has been very successful and is even emerging in recent years for low-income areas due to the rise of smartphones. As the online health information conditions continue to become increasingly mobile, these applications help users manage their health. Among these users are communities of color, with the proportion of Internet users who are Black or Latino nearly doubling between 2000 and 2010 (Smith). The Internet and mobile technology have become pervasive tools for health consumers that it has become one way for disadvantaged communities to gain access to health information quickly and efficiently.

Within the final project, the objective of the action research study is to find a conveniently accessible stress management intervention. My research through peer reviewed journal articles indicate that smartphones are used by 61% of Americans due to the various capabilities it has along with its convenience (Lee & Walsh, 2015; Dennis, Morrison, Conway, & Yardley, 2013). The presentation goes on to describe how smartphones are now being used to solve everyday life problems. Dennis et al. (2013) describe how smartphones can deliver behavioral health interventions to address various health care concerns. Once this information was discovered, I began to identify specific technology applications to address stress management.

In this current generation based on technology, there is a rapid growth in the use of smartphones, which has opened a new world of opportunities for use in behavioral health care. As of 2017, over forty-five million adults suffer from mental illnesses in the United States (“Data on Behavioral Health”). Health-based smartphone applications have become available for tracking treatment progress, psychoeducation, symptom assessment, and resource location. Consequently, the gathered information may reduce health risks and optimize health outcomes (Arora et al). However, there are several disagreeing stances on this revolutionary topic, making it comparable to the Wild West of health care (Leigh). Simon

Over the past decade, advancements in communication technology have rapidly surpassed our wildest dreams. A particular branch of communication technology known as smartphones, more specifically the iPhone, has encompassed all social demographics with its amazing capabilities. However, through the iPhone’s technical abilities merging with social dynamics creating a socio-technical ensemble; its portrayal in four different forms in the media, as well as becoming naturalized in society and its affects on human anxiety, it is evident that the iPhone has many helpful intended capabilities, but also un-conceived repercussions.

The internet has seen the world more connected than ever before. According to a 2015 report by We Are Social, out of the current human population of 7.21 billion, 3.01 billion are connected to the internet. Another key point is that the current active social media accounts have a penetration of 29 percent, with, notably, 1.685 billion active mobile social accounts (Kemp, 2015). Nearly more than a half a decade ago, it was the first time the number of items connected to the internet outmatched the human population. Statistics revealed that in 2015, 25 billion devices will be connected to the internet, a number expected to rise to 50 billion by 2020 (FTC Staff Report, 2015). Surprisingly, in 2020, the U.S. is expecting to have 26 billion connected devices (Truste, 2014), encompassing more than a half the global users. The trend of this technology is not heading to a halt any time soon and has, under these circumstances, been associated with numerous health benefits and challenges for users. While people with internet devices can now better monitor their health through mobile apps that track everything from their medical history to their food intake, there is still cause for concern that internet devices possess the potential to cause mental health problems such as increasing stress levels and negative effects on emotions as well as effects on physical health such as increasing threats to the immune system and chronic pain.

Dr. Torous explains that with the barriers to entry for app developers being as low as they are, anyone can put out a mental health app and make bold claims about it. As a result, the arena has been flooded with thousands of apps of differing quality and reliability. In such an environment, it can be

The smartphone is still a fairly new invention and is constantly being developed and improved. This device has integrated itself into our culture and is slowly becoming essential to our lives. The younger generation known as "Millennials" in the age range of 18-35 years old check their cell phones on average about 75.6 times a day (Soto et al., 2017). This number is exceptionally high when compared to the older generation who only check their phone around 23 times a day, according to the same research. This paper will cover cell phone addiction and its effects on the college students lifestyle. Addiction in this case is tied with the substance use criteria in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5). In the criteria it states that substance use is "a pathological pattern of behaviors related to use of the substance." Extremely high smartphone use can lead to these behaviors where dependency is an issue.