David Bakker

TL;DR: A set of clear, practical, evidence-based recommendations is presented for MHapp developers to create better, more rigorous apps, and it may not be possible to incorporate all 16 recommendations into a single MHapp.

TL;DR: Engaging with an emotional wellbeing self-monitoring app may reduce depressive and anxious symptoms, and increase mental well-being, and further research is needed to reveal other mechanisms that mental health apps can utilize.

TL;DR: Mediated regressions revealed that increasing coping self-efficacy, rather than emotional self-awareness or mental health literacy, was the underlying process contributing to effects on mental health for all three MHapps.

TL;DR: The development of a mobile phone tool designed to monitor emotional changes in a natural everyday context and in real time offers a powerful tool for a range of potential mental health research studies and provides a valuable standard against which development of future mental health apps are considered.

TL;DR: MoodMission as mentioned in this paper is a smartphone application that provides evidence-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) strategies for mood and anxiety related problems, contributing to the prevention of clinically significant depression and anxiety disorders and serving as an adjunct to therapeutic interventions delivered by trained health professionals.