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Subject: Psychology and Educational SciencesPsychological intervention in children and adolescents using ICT
Mobile apps have become the fastest way of establishing communication between users/patients and health professionals. In the field of health and mental well-being, these technological innovations have allowed for more exhaustive monitoring of younger people accustomed to how they work. Digital native users feel more comfortable using mobile apps than doing more face to face monitoring. A compilation of articles, journals, organizations, apps and projects gives us an insight into the current situation.

Articles
Article that systematically assesses the efficiency and acceptability of mobile apps for mental health in children and adolescents under 18. The objective is to determine whether the rise in mobile apps and their use has a positive effect on user health.
Article reviewing the use of apps that promote a healthy lifestyle in adolescents and students. The objective of this study is to explore how mobile apps can contribute to the promotion of healthy nutrition, physical activity and prevention of excess weight in adolescents and students. It describes their contents, the theoretical mechanisms applied and lessons learned.
Article setting out the points of view and experiences of young people with SMS interventions to promote safer sex. The potential of these SMS interventions can reach a large number of people at a very low cost. The study suggests how these interventions should be developed and how they work.
Article assessing how the apps work to increase the commitment to antiretroviral therapy and the use of stimulant drugs in relations between HIV-positive men. The objective is to identify the characteristics and functionalities that these men prefer in a mobile app to optimize their adherence (or commitment) to antiretroviral therapy.
Article published in the Revista argentina de clínica psicológica that makes a scientific review of the uses that technology can use in clinical psychotherapy with children and adolescents.
Librarians responsible for this library guide
Àgueda Mercadal
Operative subgroup: Librarian for Psychology and Education, vocational training Operative group: Library for Learning