Apontamentos sobre o uso de tecnologias em saúde mental

Abstract

Technology is an indispensable tool in everyday life that is on the rise. This study sought to raise some notes on the use of technologies in mental health, and identify evidences. The method used was a literature review of narrative type (Creswell, 2014). Studies published in the last five years, in PubMed (MEDLINE database), that emerged from the descriptors: “Mental” AND “Heatlh” AND “Technologies” were included. Content analysis was used for data interpretation, integration and summarization (Bardin, 2011). It was possible to point out advances in mental health technologies and the predominance of technologies developed from international studies. In addition, important risk factors linked to the rise in the use of mental health technologies were pointed out, such as being careful with the invasion of privacy.