Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Could Mental Health Apps Lead to Overdiagnosis?

In a new Australian study, researchers at the University of Sydney aimed to find out how popular mental health apps tend to portray mental health and what the apps offer in terms of diagnosis and management.

The research team evaluated the advertising materials of 61 popular mental health apps available in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia during late 2016, focusing on apps that explicitly referenced mental health diagnoses or symptoms and offered diagnosis, guidance...


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