Article Excerpt: Mental health problems often begin in adolescence and young adulthood and can lead to poor academic performance, social dysfunction, substance abuse and suicide. More than ever, physicians are turning to technology to help diagnose and treat mental health disorders; young people can now use a mobile phone-based program to monitor mood, stress, and daily activities. A group of researchers in Australia have studied the effectiveness of a mobile phone program, named ‘mobiletype’, in several studies of a cohort of participants aged 14 to 24 with at least mild mental health concerns. Use of the ‘mobiletype’ application significantly increased emotional self-awareness in the intervention group.
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