Substance abuse in young adults is a public health issue with costs to the individual and
society. There is mounting evidence that the increased uses of mHealth approaches have …

Background: Depression is highly prevalent and causes considerable suffering and disease
burden despite the existence of wide-ranging treatment options. Mobile phone apps offer the …

Objective To survey researchers' efforts in response to the new and disruptive technology of
smartphone medical apps, map** the research landscape form the literature into a …

Background Smartphone applications for mental illnesses offer great potential, although the
actual research base is still limited. Major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder are both …

Oral health behaviour change interventions are gaining momentum on a global scale. After
lagging behind other disciplines, oral health behaviour change is becoming an area of fast …

Background: Both clinicians and patients use medical mobile phone apps. Anyone can
publish medical apps, which leads to contents with variable quality that may have a serious …

Rationale This study examines how online participation in a community of recovery
contributes to personal journeys of recovery. It investigates whether recovery capital building …

Background Worldwide, 16% of people aged 15 and older engage in harmful use of alcohol.
Harmful alcohol use leads to a host of preventable negative social and health …

In the context of addiction research, positive recovery outcomes are affected by the quality of
people's social interactions and perhaps to an even greater extent, by the defining norms of …

Several systems for treating alcohol-use disorders (AUDs) exist that operate on mobile
phones. These systems are categorized into four groups: text-messaging monitoring and …