Is India ready for mental health apps (MHApps)? A quantitative-qualitative exploration of caregivers’ perspective on smartphone-based solutions for managing severe mental illnesses in low resource settings

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 9; p. e0203353
• Main Authors: Sinha Deb, Koushik, Tuli, Anupriya, Sood, Mamta, Chadda, Rakesh, Verma, Rohit, Kumar, Saurabh, Ganesh, Ragul, Singh, Pushpendra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 19.09.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acceptability; Applications programs; Biology and Life Sciences; Bipolar disorder; Caregivers; Cellular telephones; Computer and Information Sciences; Demographic aspects; Diagnosis; Engineering and Technology; Illnesses; Intervention; Language; Medical personnel; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental health care; Mobile applications; Mobile computing; Patients; People and Places; Physicians; Smart phones; Smartphones; Social Sciences; Technology; Technology application; Technology utilization; India; New York; United States > US

Mobile application based delivery of psycho-social interventions may help reduce the treatment gap for severe mental illnesses (SMIs) and decrease the burden on caregivers. Apps developed in high income settings show effectiveness, but they suffer from lack of applicability in low resource scenarios...