Clinical Apps and Public Service Settings: Innovations, Diverse Applications, and Limits

Smartphone applications are rapidly increasing. Their range of uses is also expanding. "Clinical apps," those used with psychological and behavioral problems, are also growing. The research literature on clinical apps has not kept pace with innovation. There is a need to understand the cur...

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Published in:Psychological services 2019-05, Vol.16 (2), p.183-187
Main Authors: Varghese, Femina P., VandenBos, Gary R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol Use
Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Behavior Problems
Clinical research
Drinking behavior
Ethics
Human
Humans
Innovations
Mental Disorders - therapy
Mobile Applications
Mobile Applications - standards
Smartphones
Sociocultural Factors
Telemedicine
Telemedicine - instrumentation
Telemedicine - methods
Telemedicine - standards
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Summary:Smartphone applications are rapidly increasing. Their range of uses is also expanding. "Clinical apps," those used with psychological and behavioral problems, are also growing. The research literature on clinical apps has not kept pace with innovation. There is a need to understand the current state of clinical apps, particularly their relevance for public service settings. This article introduces the special issue regarding clinical apps for use in public service (and other) settings. Each of the 15 articles in this special issue, which covers topics including apps reviews, empirical data on test equivalence, culture and ethics challenges, and apps for specific clinical problems such as hazardous drinking and autism spectrum disorders, are described.
ISSN:1541-1559
1939-148X
DOI:10.1037/ser0000353