Mobile Apps for Mental Health Issues: Meta-Review of Meta-Analyses.

Tania Lecomte Stéphane Potvin Marc Corbière Stephane Guay Crystal Samson Briana Cloutier Audrey Francoeur Antoine Pennou Yasser Khazaal

Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

This meta-review revealed that apps for anxiety and depression hold great promise with clear clinical advantages, either as stand-alone self-management or as adjunctive treatments. More meta-analyses and more quality studies are needed to recommend apps for other mental health issues or for specific populations.

Keyphrases

meta analyses
mental health
systematic review
randomized controlled trial
mental illness
single cell
big data
machine learning
quality improvement