Development of a mental health smartphone app: perspectives of mental health service users

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 434-440

  Goodwin, John ^a,b   Cummins, John ^a,b   Behan, Laura ^a   O’Brien, Sinead M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b North Lee Mental Health Services   (Ireland)

^c Home Based Crisis Team (HBCT)   (Ireland)

Author keywords

App; mental health; service user; smartphone; technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCIENTIST; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953205710     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2015.1124392     Document Type: Article

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