Therapeutic applications of the mobile phone
Therapeutic applications of the mobile phone
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DOI：
10.1080/03069880902957031
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Riva, Giuseppe
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作者：
Preziosa, Alessandra;Grassi, Alessandra;Riva, Giuseppe
随着新通信技术的可用性增加，心理健康专业人员已将这些创新纳入他们的实践和研究中。到目前为止，一些研究在利用互联网的力量和便利进行临床护理方面取得了有希望的结果。虽然多项贡献都集中在通过互联网提供的治疗的潜力和优势，但心理健康从业者可以考虑新技术机会来改进他们的实践。移动电话正在以惊人的速度在全球范围内传播。在不到 20 年的时间里，手机已经从主要由商业精英使用的稀有且昂贵的设备，变成了普遍存在的低成本个人物品。在许多国家，移动电话的数量现已超过固定电话，大多数成年人和许多儿童现在都拥有移动电话。随着移动电话的高度普及，移动文化已经发展，电话成为重要的社交和文化工具。本文的目的是探讨移动电话在临床护理中可能提供的潜力。该论文将调查移动电话已在哪些临床干预领域得到成功应用。此外，本文将通过介绍基于使用手机进行焦虑管理的两项不同研究的结果来讨论这些机会。
As the availability of new communication technologies increases, mental health professionals have incorporated these innovations into their practice and research. Up to now several studies have presented promising results in using the power and convenience of the Internet for clinical care. While multiple contributions focus on the potential and the advantages of therapies delivered through the Internet, mental health practitioners may take into account new technological opportunities to improve their practice. Mobile phone diffusion is expanding worldwide at breath-taking speed. In fewer than 20 years, mobile phones have gone from being rare and expensive pieces of equipment used primarily by the business elite, to a pervasive low-cost personal item. In many countries, mobile phones now outnumber land-line telephones, with most adults and many children now owning mobile phones. With high levels of mobile telephone penetration, a mobile culture has evolved, where the phone becomes a key social and cultural tool. The purpose of this paper is to explore the potentialities that mobile phones may offer in clinical care. The paper will investigate in which areas of clinical interventions mobile phones have already been successfully applied. Moreover, the paper will discuss these opportunities by presenting the results of two different studies based on the use of the mobile phone for anxiety management.