E-therapies in England for stress, anxiety or depression: what is being used in the NHS? A survey of mental health services.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To document the range of web and smartphone apps used and recommended for stress, anxiety or depression by the National Health Service (NHS) in England.

Design

The study was conducted using Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and systematic website searches.

Data sources

Data were collected via FOI requests to NHS services between 13 February 2015 and 31 March 2015, and searches conducted on NHS apps library websites between 26 March 2015 and 2 November 2015.

Data collection/extraction methods

Data were compiled from responses to: (1) FOI requests sent to all Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services and NHS Mental Health Trusts in England and (2) NHS apps library search results.

Results

A total of 61 (54.95%) out of the the

SUBMITTER: Bennion MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5278266 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature