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Review
. 2017 Nov;20(4):98-101.
doi: 10.1136/eb-2017-102765. Epub 2017 Oct 12.

Developing digital interventions for people living with serious mental illness: perspectives from three mHealth studies

Bruno Biagianti  1   2   3 , Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei  4 , Nicholas Meyer  5
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Developing digital interventions for people living with serious mental illness: perspectives from three mHealth studies

Bruno Biagianti et al. Evid Based Ment Health. 2017 Nov.

Abstract

The rapidly expanding field of mobile health (mHealth) seeks to harness increasingly affordable and ubiquitous mobile digital technologies including smartphones, tablets, apps and wearable devices to enhance clinical care. Accumulating evidence suggests that mHealth interventions are increasingly being adopted and valued by people living with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, as a means of better understanding and managing their condition. We draw on experiences from three geographically and methodologically distinct mHealth studies to provide a pragmatic overview of the key challenges and considerations relating to the process of developing digital interventions for this population.

Keywords: Mental Health; Psychiatry.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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User-centred development pathway for the SIMPLe study.
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