Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, 8785University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA.
Am J Health Promot. 2021 Nov;35(8):1178-1183. doi: 10.1177/08901171211055314. Epub 2021 Oct 15.
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened concerns about the impact of depression, anxiety, alcohol, and drug use on public health. Mobile apps to address these problems were increasingly popular even before the pandemic, and may help reach people who otherwise have limited treatment access. In this review, we describe pandemic-related substance use and mental health problems, the growing evidence for mobile app efficacy, how health systems can integrate apps into patient care, and future research directions. If equity in access and effective implementation can be addressed, mobile apps are likely to play an important role in mental health and substance use disorder treatment.
新冠疫情大流行加剧了人们对抑郁、焦虑、酒精和药物使用对公共卫生影响的担忧。即使在大流行之前，用于解决这些问题的移动应用程序也越来越受欢迎，并且可能有助于接触到那些治疗机会有限的人群。在这篇综述中，我们描述了与大流行相关的物质使用和心理健康问题、移动应用程序疗效不断增加的证据、卫生系统如何将应用程序整合到患者护理中，以及未来的研究方向。如果能够解决公平获取和有效实施的问题，移动应用程序可能在心理健康和物质使用障碍治疗中发挥重要作用。
