Program Reviews

Intellicare

Program Overview

Intellicare is a suite of mobile phone applications (apps) to help users’ reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. Each app focuses on a different mental health technique and there is a Hub app to help coordinate use of different apps.

The Intellicare suite of apps includes thirteen skill-based apps that focus on mental health techniques and a hub app to manage the apps that users have downloaded. Apps include are activity tracking, activity planning, stress management, seeking social support, physical activity, and relaxation. The Hub app coordinates messages and notifications from the individual Intellicare apps and suggests apps for users to download from the Intellicare suite. The Intellicare suite is available on the Google Play Store.

Last Updated: 04/15/2025

Delivery:
Mobile Application

Theoretical Approach(es):
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Positive Psychology
Behavioral Activation
Unspecified

Target Outcomes:
Depression
Anxiety

Ages:
Young Adults (18-30)
Adults (30+)

Genders:
Male
Female
Non-Binary+

Races/Ethnicities:
Asian
Black or African American
White
Other

Setting(s):
Remote Access

Geographic Location(s):
Unspecified

Country:
USA

Language:
English

Evaluations

  • Lattie EG, Schueller SM, Sargent E, et al. Internet Interventions. 2016. 4: 152-158. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2016.06.003

    Summary: Researchers examined download and usage data from the IntelliCare suite on Google Play. Over the course of about a year, 5210 people downloaded at least one IntelliCare app. Users downloaded an average of 1.94 apps and 31.8% of users downloaded more than one app. The Hub app was downloaded by 18.5% of users. Users who downloaded the Hub app downloaded more apps, downloaded apps over a longer period of time, and used apps for longer than users who did not download the Hub app. Users who downloaded more than one app made their last app purchase 3.84 days after their first app purchase. Apps in the Intellicare suite were most often opened once by users, but the average number of times each app was opened ranged from 3.10 to 16.98; indicating that some users used the apps several times, despite low rates of usage by most users. Between 10 and 20% of users were still using individual apps 28 days after downloading the apps. Daily Feats, an app for planning and tracking activities, had the highest usage indicators – with mean number of launches (16.98), percentage of active users (35.70%), and highest rate of sustained use for 28 days (23.30%).

    Take Away: The IntelliCare suite achieved high numbers of downloads and high rates of app usage. The coordinating Hub app seemed to improve engagement with the suite.

  • Mohr DC, Tomasino KN, Lattie EG, et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2017. 9(1): e10. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6645

    Summary: Researchers used ads and health care organizations to recruit 105 people with symptoms of depression or anxiety. Participants were encouraged to focus on one or two IntelliCare apps of their choosing per week for eight weeks, but were not restricted in how many apps they used or downloaded. Participants also received coaching calls at baseline and four-weeks and weekly texts to support app use by way of specific support for participants to focus on one app a week and recommendations if participants could not choose an app on their own. Participants completed assessments of depression and anxiety symptoms at baseline and 4- and 8-weeks post-baseline and app usage was tracked. Participants’ anxiety and depression symptoms significantly improved by the end of the study. About 70% of participants met criteria for full remission or recovery from depression and 80% met criteria for remission or recovery from depression. Participants initiated an average of 191.4 sessions in IntelliCare apps that lasted an average of 1.4 minutes. Of participants who initiated treatment (n=99), 90.1% were still using apps at 8-week follow up. About 23% continued to use the apps more than two months after the end of the study.

    Take Away: The IntelliCare suite supported by remote coaching may be an effective and engaging method of treating depression and anxiety symptoms.

  • Study Design: Factorial Randomized Control Trial
    Study Type: Efficacy
    Sample Size: 301
    Demographics:
    Age
    Adult
    Gender
    Female: 77%
    Male: 20%
    Non-Binary+: 2%

    Race
    Asian: 4%
    Black or African American: 13%
    White: 77%
    Other: 5%

    Ethnicity
    Hispanic: 13%

  • Exploring the Use of Multiple Mental Health Apps Within a Platform: Secondary Analysis of the IntelliCare Field Trial.Kwasny MJ, Schueller SM, Lattie E, Gray EL, Mohr DC. JMIR Ment Healt 2019;6(3):e11572. doi:10.2196/11572

    Engagement and Clinical Improvement Among Older Adult Primary Care Patients Using a Mobile Intervention for Depression and Anxiety: Case Studies. Orr LC, Graham AK, Mohr DC, Greene CJ. JMIR Ment Health 2020;7(7):e16341. doi:10.2196/16341

    Examining an App-Based Mental Health Self-Care Program, IntelliCare for College Students: Single-Arm Pilot Study.Lattie E, Cohen KA, Winquist N, Mohr DC. JMIR Ment Health. 2020;7(10):e21075. doi:10.2196/21075

    Telerehabilitation with ARC Intellicare to Cope with Motor and Respiratory Disabilities: Results about the Process, Usability, and Clinical Effect of the “Ricominciare” Pilot Study. Capecci M, Cima R, Barbini FA, et al. Sensors (Basel). 2023;23(16)doi:10.3390/s23167238

    Enhancing outpatient anxiety treatment with mobile technology: A quality improvement study. Solomon M, Handrup CT, Snyder M. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2024;50:83-86. doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2024.03.017