Patient Smartphone Ownership and Interest in Mobile Apps to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions: A Survey in Four Geographically Distinct Psychiatric Clinics

Torous, John; Richard Chan, Steven; Yee-Marie Tan, Shih; Behrens, Jacob; Mathew, Ian; J Conrad, Erich; Hinton, Ladson; Yellowlees, Peter; Keshavan, Matcheri

doi:10.2196/mental.4004

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Patient Smartphone Ownership and Interest in Mobile Apps to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions: A Survey in Four Geographically Distinct Psychiatric Clinics

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Authors:

John Torous

Steven Richard Chan

Shih Yee-Marie Tan

Abstract

Background Despite growing interest in mobile mental health and utilization of smartphone technology to monitor psychiatric symptoms, there remains a lack of knowledge both regarding patient ownership of smartphones and their interest in using such to monitor their mental health. Objective To provid...

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