Current research and trends in the use of smartphone applications for mood disorders

Internet Interventions

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-173

  Torous, John ^a,b,c   Powell, Adam C ^d  

^a Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Payer + Provider Syndicate   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications; Apps; Bipolar disorder; Depression; Psychiatry; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; REVIEW;

EID: 84927612958     PISSN: 22147829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.invent.2015.03.002     Document Type: Review

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