Mobile Health Technology Interventions for Suicide Prevention: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital interventions are proposed as one way by which effective treatments for self-harm and suicidal ideation may be improved and their scalability enhanced. Mobile devices offer a potentially powerful medium to deliver evidence-based interventions with greater specificity to the individual when the intervention is needed. The recent proliferation of publicly available mobile apps designed for suicide prevention underlines the need for robust evidence to promote safe practice.

Objective

This review aimed to examine the effectiveness of currently available mobile health (mHealth) technology tools in reducing suicide-specific outcomes.

Methods

The following databases were searched: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (The Cochrane Library), MEDLI

SUBMITTER: Melia R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6996750 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature