Few Smartphone-Based Mental Health Apps Provide More Than Basic Features
Although various mental health services are offered via smartphone apps, only a few provide innovative features like specialized therapies. In a review of 578 commercially available mental health apps, just 1% offer biofeedback and sensor data, 2% offer acceptance and commitment therapy, and 2% offer dialectical behavioral therapy. Instead, most offer basic features such as psychoeducation, goal tracking, and mindfulness. A total of 41% offer psychoeducation, 38% offer goal setting/habits, and 38% offer mindfulness features. The most common types of …
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