In Search of Digital Dopamine: How Apps Can Motivate Depressed Patients, a Review and Conceptual Analysis.
Stephane MouchabacRedwan MaatougIsmael ConejeroVladimir AdrienOlivier BonnotBruno MilletFlorian FerreriAlexis BourlaPublished in: Brain sciences (2021)
Smartphone apps can motivate depressed patients by enhancing dopamine, offering the opportunity to enhance motivation and behavioral changes, although longer term studies are still needed.