Could student mental health apps be doing more harm than good?

As universities try to demonstrate actions and developers sense an opportunity, researchers express concern about lack of evidence behind mobile tools

Published on
April 14, 2019
Last updated
April 15, 2019
Source: Alamy

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Print headline: Student mental health apps give some a worried feeling

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I'm sure most would want students with problems to seek professional help, looking at the self reinforcing of mental health problems when combined with an ideologues denial of reality however I doubt even 1 to 1 psychologist intervention will help some, the echo chamber effect of (anti) social media doesn't help either.

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