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Using Digital Technology in the Treatment of Schizophrenia

From web-based applications to mobile devices, digital technologies hold tremendous potential to facilitate the delivery of healthcare for mental disorders, including schizophrenia. These eHealth (ie, electronic health) tools are increasingly being used to assist consumers during the course of their illnesses, from the provision of the continuity of care to improving well-being.1 This makes sense due to the growing trends of digital tool usage in psychiatric samples. A survey of psychiatric patients (N = 320) recruited from different services across the United States found that the patients’ interest in using digital technologies such as smartphones to monitor mental health was as high as 70.6%.2 Of the 320 psychiatric patients surveyed, 80% had access to the internet, and 62.5% owned a smartphone.2

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Posted in: Journal Article Abstracts on 06/07/2018 | Link to this post on IFP |
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