Smartphone-Based Treatment May Rival Therapy for Severely Mentally Ill

A new study finds that a mobile phone intervention, commonly referred to as mHealth, may be as effective as a clinic-based group intervention for people with serious mental illness.

For the study, researchers compared the mHealth approach (FOCUS) to a more traditional clinic-based group intervention, the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP). The research team, led by Dror Ben-Zeev, Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle, analyzed the differences in treatment engagement,...

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