Navigating the Digital Landscape for Potential Use of Mental Health Apps in Clinical Practice: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global demand for mental health services has significantly increased over the past decade, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital resources, particularly smartphone apps, offer a flexible and scalable means of addressing the research-to-practice gap in mental health care. Clinicians play a crucial role in integrating these apps into mental health care, although practitioner-guided digital interventions have traditionally been considered more effective than stand-alone apps.

Objective

This scoping review explored mental health practitioners' views on potential use or integration of smartphone apps into clinical practice. We asked, "What is known about how mental health practitioners view the integration of smartphone apps into their practice?" Further, t

SUBMITTER: Rickard NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12856407 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature