Efficacy of mobile application interventions for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review.
Alice WickershamPetros Minas PetridesVictoria WilliamsonDaniel LeightleyPublished in: Digital health (2019)
Included studies were often limited by small sample sizes, brief intervention, and follow-up periods, and self-reported measures of PTSD. Evidence for the efficacy of mobile interventions for treating PTSD was inconclusive, but promising. Healthcare professionals should exercise caution in recommending app-based interventions until the potentially adverse effects of app use are better understood and larger-scale studies have taken place.