Category: Mental Wellbeing

Therapeutic Apps?

Therapeutic Apps are a great start in normalizing mental illnesses and a good attempt at urging people to seek self management/ coping. Yet, I question how would a person know when to seek professional help? The article linked has an in depth perspective on how treating mental illnesses with an app is not a sufficient substitute.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/09/22/is-depression-treatable-with-a-mobile-phone-app/mental-health-apps-are-not-an-adequate-substitute-for-human-interaction