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94% of people stop using mental health apps after 15 days

Apps that enable you to talk to someone experiencing similar issues are used the most

06-Nov-2019

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Almost everyone gives up on mental health apps within just two weeks of downloading them.

Researchers from the University of Haifa studied the use of 93 popular mental health apps.

Team focused only on the English apps, installed at least 10,000 times via the Google Play store.

Software counted the number of people who used the apps each day.

Future of mental health apps lies in them becoming more personalised to users and their specific needs.

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Amit Baumel

Senior Lecturer, clinical psychologist, Co-founder at MindTools.io

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Leading publisher of 30 digital health journals

Topics mentioned on this page:
Mental Wellbeing, Digital Health