A Review of Current Digital Mental Health Care Applications for Anxiety Symptoms and Future Prospects.

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 PSYCHIATRY

Psychiatry Investigation Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-24 DOI:10.30773/pi.2023.0339

Hyerim Kwon, In Young Choi, Dai-Jin Kim, Jae Hyun Yoo

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Abstract

Objective: Since the impact of the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic, the need for efficiency in medical services has become more urgent than ever. The digital treatment market is rapidly growing worldwide and digital therapeutics (DTx), a major part of the digital medical services, is also emerging as a new paradigm for treatment, with its industry growing rapidly as well. Increasing research is done on the effectiveness of mobile DTx in improving mental health conditions such as insomnia, panic, and depression.

Methods: This review paper investigates 1) the functions and characteristics of mobile digital mental health care applications for the treatment of anxiety symptoms, 2) extracts common attributes of the applications, and 3) compares them with existing traditional treatment mechanisms.

Results: Among the 20,000 mental health management applications that have been developed so far, 8 applications that are relatively widely used were selected and reviewed. Check-in, self-help tips, quick relief, journal, courses for practice are common features of the digital mental health care applications for anxiety and are also widely used feature in the cognitive behavioral therapy.

Conclusion: Based on this review, we have proposed the essential elements and directions for the development of a Korean digital mental health care applications for anxiety disorders.

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当前针对焦虑症状的数字心理保健应用回顾与未来展望。

目的：自 2019 年冠状病毒病大流行以来，人们对医疗服务效率的需求比以往任何时候都更加迫切。数字治疗市场正在全球范围内迅速发展，数字治疗（DTx）作为数字医疗服务的重要组成部分，也正在成为一种新的治疗模式，其产业也在迅速发展。关于移动 DTx 在改善失眠、恐慌和抑郁等精神疾病方面的有效性的研究越来越多：本综述论文研究了：1）治疗焦虑症状的移动数字心理保健应用程序的功能和特点；2）提取应用程序的共同属性；3）将其与现有的传统治疗机制进行比较：结果：在目前已开发的 20,000 个心理健康管理应用程序中，我们选择了 8 个应用相对广泛的应用程序进行了评测。签到、自助提示、快速缓解、日志、练习课程是焦虑症数字心理保健应用程序的共同特点，也是认知行为疗法中广泛使用的特点：基于以上综述，我们提出了开发韩国焦虑症数字心理保健应用程序的基本要素和方向。

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Psychiatry Investigation PSYCHIATRY-

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

3.70%

发文量

105

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Psychiatry Investigation is published on the 25th day of every month in English by the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association (KNPA). The Journal covers the whole range of psychiatry and neuroscience. Both basic and clinical contributions are encouraged from all disciplines and research areas relevant to the pathophysiology and management of neuropsychiatric disorders and symptoms, as well as researches related to cross cultural psychiatry and ethnic issues in psychiatry. The Journal publishes editorials, review articles, original articles, brief reports, viewpoints and correspondences. All research articles are peer reviewed. Contributions are accepted for publication on the condition that their substance has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors submitting papers to the Journal (serially or otherwise) with a common theme or using data derived from the same sample (or a subset thereof) must send details of all relevant previous publications and simultaneous submissions. The Journal is not responsible for statements made by contributors. Material in the Journal does not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor or of the KNPA. Manuscripts accepted for publication are copy-edited to improve readability and to ensure conformity with house style.