Mobile health (mHealth) for mental health in Asia: Objectives, strategies, and limitations

Aggarwal, 2012, Applying mobile technologies to mental health service delivery in South Asia, Asian J. Psychiatr., 5, 225, 10.1016/j.ajp.2011.12.009

Agyapong, 2011, Mobile phone text message interventions in psychiatry – what are the possibilities?, Curr. Psychiatry Rev., 7, 50, 10.2174/157340011795945847

Alonso, 2008, Association of perceived stigma and mood and anxiety disorders: results from the world mental health surveys, Acta Psychiatr. Scand., 118, 305, 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01241.x

Alvarez-Jiménez, 2012, Internet-based interventions for psychosis: a sneak-peek into the future, Psychiatr. Clin. North Am., 35, 735, 10.1016/j.psc.2012.06.011

Asiimwe, 2011, Use of an innovative, affordable, and open-source short message service-based tool to monitor malaria in remote areas of Uganda, Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 85, 26, 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0528

Australian Department of Health and Ageing, 2009

Bakshi, 2011, mHealth for the control of TB/HIV in developing countries. e-Health networking applications and services (Healthcom)

Barak, 2008, A comprehensive review and a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of internet-based psychotherapeutic interventions?, J. Technol. Hum. Serv., 26, 109, 10.1080/15228830802094429

Bauer, 2003, Use of text messaging in the aftercare of patients with bulimia nervosa, Eur. Eat. Disord. Rev., 11, 279, 10.1002/erv.521

Ben-Zeev, 2012, Mobile technologies in the study, assessment, and treatment of schizophrenia, Schizophr. Bull., 38, 384, 10.1093/schbul/sbr179

Ben-Zeev, 2012, Mobile technologies among people with serious mental illness: current use and opportunities for future services, Adm. Policy Ment. Health, 40, 340, 10.1007/s10488-012-0424-x

Ben-Zeev, 2012, Using contemporary technologies in assessment and treatment of serious mental illness, Am. J. Psychiatr. Rehabil., 15, 357, 10.1080/15487768.2012.733295

Ben-Zeev, 2013, Development and usability testing of FOCUS: a smartphone system for self-management of schizophrenia, Psychiatr. Rehabil. J., 36, 289, 10.1037/prj0000019

Ben-Zeev, 2014, Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a smartphone intervention for schizophrenia, Schizophr. Bull., 10.1093/schbul/sbu033

Blaya, 2010, E-Health technologies show promise in developing countries, Health Aff., 29, 244, 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0894

Briggs, 2012

Burns, 2011, Harnessing context sensing to develop a mobile intervention for depression, J. Med. Internet Res., 13, e55, 10.2196/jmir.1838

Chen, 2012, Suicide in Asia: opportunities and challenges, Epidemiol. Rev., 34, 129, 10.1093/epirev/mxr025

Chib, 2013, The promise and peril of mHealth in developing countries, Mobile Media Commun., 1, 69, 10.1177/2050157912459502

Cuendet, 2013, VideoKheti: making video content accessible to low-literate and novice users CHI ‘13 Proceedings of the SIGCHI, 2833

Deglise, 2012, Short message service (SMS) applications for disease prevention in developing countries, J. Med. Internet Res., 14, e3, 10.2196/jmir.1823

Diamond, 2005, Family-based treatment research: a 10-year update, J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 44, 872, 10.1097/01.chi.0000169010.96783.4e

Doshi, 2014, Determinants of mobile phone penetration rates in Asia and Africa: a panel data analysis

Ennis, 2012, Can’t surf, won’t surf: the digital divide in mental health, J. Ment. Health, 21, 395, 10.3109/09638237.2012.689437

2012

Food and Drug Administration, 2013

Granholm, 2012, Mobile assessment and treatment for schizophrenia (MATS): a pilot trial of an interactive text-messaging intervention for medication adherence, socialization, and auditory hallucinations, Schizophr. Bull., 38, 414, 10.1093/schbul/sbr155

Hailey, 2008, The effectiveness of telemental health applications: a review, Can. J. Psychiatry, 53, 769, 10.1177/070674370805301109

Health Alliance International. Putting health in the hands of mothers. http://www.ligainan.org (accessed 10.01.14)

International Data Corporation (IDC), 2013

International Telecommunications Union, 2013

International Telecommunications Union, 2013

Ito, 2012, Lessons learned in developing community mental health care in East and South East Asia, World Psychiatry, 11, 186, 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2012.tb00129.x

Jordan, 2011, Using text messaging to improve maternal and newborn health, Nurs. Women's Health, 15, 206, 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2011.01635.x

Kang, 2012

Kallander, 2013, Mobile health (mHealth) approaches and lessons for increased performance and retention of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: a review, J. Med. Internet Res., 15, e17, 10.2196/jmir.2130

Kazdin, 2013, Novel models for delivering mental health services and reducing the burdens of mental illness, Clin. Psychol. Sci., 1, 170, 10.1177/2167702612463566

Kotz, 2011, A threat taxonomy for mHealth Privacy

Kumar, 2013, Mobile health technology evaluation: the mHealth evidence workshop, Am. J. Prev. Med., 45, 228, 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.03.017

Lobo Prabhu, 2010, Role of the family in suicide prevention: an attachment and family systems perspective, Bull. Menninger Clin., 74, 301, 10.1521/bumc.2010.74.4.301

Luxton, 2011, mHealth for mental health: integrating smartphone technology in behavioral healthcare, Prof. Psychol. Res. Pract., 42, 505, 10.1037/a0024485

Maguire, 2001, Methods to support human-centered design, Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud., 55, 587, 10.1006/ijhc.2001.0503

Marasinghe, 2012, Effect of mobile phone-based psychotherapy in suicide prevention: a randomized controlled trial in Sri Lanka, J. Telemed. Telecare, 18, 151, 10.1258/jtt.2012.SFT107

Marsch, 2012, Advances in the psychosocial treatment of addiction: the role of technology in the delivery of evidence-based psychosocial treatment, Psychiatr. Clin. North Am., 35, 481, 10.1016/j.psc.2012.03.009

May, 2013, Mental health literacy among refugee communities: differences between the Australian lay public and the Iraqi and Sudanese refugee communities, Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol.

Mechael, 2010

Milner, 2010, Suicide research and prevention in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific, Bull. World Health Organ., 88, 795, 10.2471/BLT.09.070821

Mohr, 2012, Effect of telephone-administered vs. face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy on adherence to therapy and depression outcomes among primary care patients: a randomized trial, J. Am. Med. Assoc., 307, 2278, 10.1001/jama.2012.5588

mSakhi, 2013

Ng, 2009, Community mental health care in the Asia-Pacific region: using current best-practice models to inform future policy. Mental Health Policy Paper, World Psychiatry, 8, 49, 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2009.tb00211.x

Nilsen, 2012, Advancing the science of mHealth, J. Health Commun., 17, 5, 10.1080/10810730.2012.677394

Oorschot, 2012, Mobile assessment in schizophrenia: a data-driven momentary approach, Schizophr. Bull., 38, 405, 10.1093/schbul/sbr166

Proudfoot, 2010, Community attitudes to the appropriation of mobile phones for monitoring and managing depression, anxiety, and stress, J. Med. Internet Res., 12, e64, 10.2196/jmir.1475

Razzouk, 2010, Scarcity and inequity of mental health research resources in low-and-middle income countries: a global survey, Health Policy, 94, 211, 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.09.009

Rizvi, 2011, A pilot study of the DBT coach: an interactive mobile phone application for individuals with borderline personality disorder and substance use disorder, Behav. Ther., 42, 589, 10.1016/j.beth.2011.01.003

Saraceno, 2007, Barriers to improvement of mental health services in low-income and middle-income countries, Lancet, 370, 1164, 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61263-X

Schweitzer, 2012, The economics of ehealth and mhealth, J. Health Commun., 17, 73, 10.1080/10810730.2011.649158

Silva, 2013, A data encryption solution for mobile health apps in cooperation environments, J. Med. Internet Res., 15, e66, 10.2196/jmir.2498

Sims, 2012, Text message reminders of appointments: a pilot intervention at four community mental health clinics in London, Psychiatr. Serv., 63, 161, 10.1176/appi.ps.201100211

Skaria, 2013, mHealth in health information delivery: the Indian scenario, J. Mob. Technol. Med., 2, 26, 10.7309/jmtm.2.1.5

United Nations Foundation/Vodafone Foundation, 2009

2011

World Health Organization, 2003

World Health Organization, 2011

Wyche, 2013, Powering the cellphone revolution: findings from mobile phone charging trails in off-grid Kenya

Yang, 2014, Mobile health applications: the patchwork of legal and liability issues suggests strategies to improve oversight, Health Aff., 33, 222, 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0958