Mobile phones as a medium of mental health care service delivery: Perspectives and barriers among patients with severe mental illness

Mobile phones as a medium of mental health care service delivery: Perspectives and barriers among patients with severe mental illness

Background: The use of mobile phone technology to support various components of health care delivery (often referred to as mHealth) is on the rise. Little systematic information, however, is available on user felt needs and barriers to mHealth approaches among people with severe mental illness (SMI)...

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Main Authors: Gopika Sreejith, Vikas Menon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Subjects:
Bipolar disorders
mHealth
mobile phone
psychiatry
schizophrenia
telemedicine Key messages: Mobile phone based approaches can be used to facilitate mental health care service delivery for patients with severe mental illness in our country. Twice-weekly voice calls appear to be the most preferred frequency and mode of service delivery
whereas reminders about medication and appointments were the most common felt need in this population.
Online Access:http://www.ijpm.info/article.asp?issn=0253-7176;year=2019;volume=41;issue=5;spage=428;epage=433;aulast=Sreejith

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