Suicide prevention and depression apps' suicide risk assessment and management: a systematic assessment of adherence to clinical guidelines

• Published in: BMC medicine Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 231
• Main Authors: Martinengo, Laura, Van Galen, Louise, Lum, Elaine, Kowalski, Martin, Subramaniam, Mythily, Car, Josip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 19.12.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Applications programs; Apps; Care and treatment; Chatbots; Clinical practice guidelines; Crises; Crisis intervention (Psychiatry); Depression; Depression, Mental; Depressive Disorder - diagnosis; Evidence-based medicine; Guideline Adherence - standards; Guidelines; Health care; Humans; Management; Medical screening; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mobile applications; Mobile Applications - standards; Mobile computing; Mood; Prevention; Psychologists; Quality assurance; Researchers; Risk Assessment; Risk Management; Safety; Self destructive behavior; Self-injury; Suicidal behavior; Suicide; Suicide - prevention & control; Suicide prevention; Suicides & suicide attempts; Telemedicine; Telemedicine - methods; Trustworthiness; Telemedicine; mHealth; Crisis intervention; Depression; Mobile applications; Suicide; Suicide prevention; Apps; Crisis helpline

There are an estimated 800,000 suicides per year globally, and approximately 16,000,000 suicide attempts. Mobile apps may help address the unmet needs of people at risk. We assessed adherence of suicide prevention advice in depression management and suicide prevention apps to six evidence-based clin...