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A comprehensive evaluation of digital mental health literature

An integrative review and bibliometric analysis

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ID21453166
AuthorsHale Alan (0000-0002-2444-1551, Akdeniz University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume44
Issue10
Pages2282-2304
Publication date2025-06-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBehaviour and Information Technology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-929X • E-ISSN: 1362-3001
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0144929x.2024.2303626
OpenAlexW4390751380
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited107

All over the world, the way we receive a variety of services including mental health treatment has changed and been redefined by the internet and digital transformation. An important turning point in the development of digital mental health studies was the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of major journals that have a large number of publications on digital mental health research is increasing. The aim of this study is to organize groups, research directions, and related topics in the digital mental health literature by using 11 search terms, while taking into account how technology is developing and how information sharing is made simpler. A bibliometric analysis of 2440 publications from qualitative and quantitative sources was done in order to achieve this goal. Information and technology, mental health issues, and groups were the three categories of themes identified by the conceptual framework. The prominent terms comprising artificial intelligence, virtual reality, machine learning, and big data are concentrated in the information and technology-related group, and the second group comprising eating disorder, anxiety, and schizophrenia are related to mental health disorders, lastly mental health nurses, children, adolescents, and young people (particularly university students) are discussed under the third group

Anxiety · Medical education · Mental health · Psychiatry · The Internet · Variety (cybernetics) · World Wide Web · Applied Psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Digital Mental Health Interventions · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Mental Health via Writing · Psychology

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year1
Citation span2025 - 2025 (1)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1
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