PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Melvyn W Zhang
AU  - Roger C Ho
TI  - Mental health wellness application: a new toolkit for psychological wellness
AID  - 10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000054
DP  - 2015 Oct 01
TA  - BMJ Innovations
PG  - 204--205
VI  - 1
IP  - 4
4099  - http://innovations.bmj.com/content/1/4/204.short
4100  - http://innovations.bmj.com/content/1/4/204.full
SO  - BMJ Innov2015 Oct 01; 1
AB  - Over the past decade, there have been major advances in Web 2.0 and Smartphone technologies. A recent systematic review carried out in 2013 has highlighted the lack of evidence base for existing mental health applications. Zhang et al have underscored how psychiatrists could be app-developers to negate the drawbacks of the current lack of evidence base for mental health applications. The new Mental Health Wellness application has been developed by Clinicians with experiences in mood disorder, and the aim of the app is to empower individuals to better manage their mental health conditions. The paper will illustrate the key features of the smartphone application and describes how a patient could make use of the application as a bridging tool between consults.