Mental Health Technology â€“ Whatâ€™s in Store?

Arun Gopalakrishnan; Minu Jayan

doi:10.30834/KJP.29.1.2016.43

Authors

Arun Gopalakrishnan KMCT Medical College PVS Hospital http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-6230
Minu Jayan PVS Hospital, Calicut

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30834/KJP.29.1.2016.43

Abstract

Technology is an indispensible part of everyday life. It has affected all walks of modern life, medicine being no exception. Smart phones have penetrated our society to an astonishing extent. With the growing influence of this technology, it was only a matter of time before applications and gadgets were incorporated to smart phones for daily usage. The rapid growth in the use of smart phones has opened a new world of opportunities for use in health care and more recently in behavioural health care. This article deals with the smart phone applications in mental health and future prospects in this regard.

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