Overview
- Offers insight into the power of apps to shape our sense of selves and others
- Looks at the use of mental health applications from a social psychological perspective
- Aims to show how everyday forms of distress are embedded in the use of mental health apps
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology (PASCY)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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About this book
This is the first book to look exclusively from at the use of MHapps from an applied psychosocial perspective. Much of the academic literature on MHapps in psychology focuses on the clinical efficacy of using apps (e.g., depression reduction as result of using a certain app) and will typically report on the use of randomised controlled trials (or a similar method) to illustrate the use of apps as a tool for improving a psychological condition. Therefore, the main benefit of this book is that it recognises the impact of apps from a social perspective and will aim to show how everyday forms of distress are embedded in the use of these apps and the broader set of relations that constitute people’s everyday lives. The content of this book will identify how an applied social perspective can offer insight into the power of apps to shape our sense of ourselves and of others. This book will be of use to educators and students in psychology, sociology, health studies, media studies andcultural studies.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Darren Ellis is a Senior Lecturer of Psychology at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK. He is interested in emotion and affect studies, everyday experiences of surveillance, social media, and emotional disclosure. He is a social psychologist and practicing psychotherapist.
Ian Tucker is a Professor of Health and Social Psychology at the University of East London (UEL) in London, UK. He focuses on mental health, emotion, and affect with a specific focus on how they are shaped through interactions with digital technologies. He has published widely in these areas, including Emotion in the Digital Age (Routledge, 2020).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding Mental Health Apps
Book Subtitle: An Applied Psychosocial Perspective
Authors: Lewis Goodings, Darren Ellis, Ian Tucker
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53911-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53910-7Published: 04 April 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-53913-8Due: 05 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-53911-4Published: 03 April 2024
Series ISSN: 2946-2754
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2762
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 89
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Health Psychology