Volume 40, Issue 6, 1 June 2016, Article number 157
Mobile Phones and Psychosocial Therapies with Vulnerable People: a First State of the Art (Article)
a
University of Santiago de Compostela, Idega, University of
Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida s/n, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
b
University of Santiago de Compostela, Idega, Campus Vida s/n, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
c
University of Coimbra, Informatic Department, Polo II, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
University of Santiago de Compostela, Idega, University of
Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida s/n, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
b
University of Santiago de Compostela, Idega, Campus Vida s/n, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
c
University of Coimbra, Informatic Department, Polo II, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Abstract
Mobile phones are
becoming a communication tool commonly used by people all over the
world; and they are started to be adopted in psychosocial therapies
involving vulnerable people. We are herein presenting the results of an
academic literature review. We identified scientific papers published
between 2006 and 2015 resorting to academic databases available on the
Internet, applying a systematic selection method based on quality
criteria. Secondly, we analysed contents, highlighting the scarcity of
research involving vulnerable people. The available literature
specialized in psychosocial therapies offers investigation results which
involve mobile phones and patients in general, focusing particularly on
the clinical psychology field and, to a lesser extent, on the social
work field. Particularly significant are the investigation works
developed in the United States. In the present paper we introduce a
first “state of the art”, identifying opportunities and also the
limitations surrounding the use of mobile phones in psychosocial
therapies targeting the vulnerable. Issues concerning privacy and data
confidentiality, and the access of vulnerable people to mobile phones
and how they use them, pose significant challenges; but they offer the
opportunity to reach isolated or impoverished populations, or even to
facilitate access to social and healthcare services. We close this paper
formulating possible orientations, hypotheses and goals to design new
investigation works involving vulnerable populations. © 2016, Springer
Science+Business Media New York.
becoming a communication tool commonly used by people all over the
world; and they are started to be adopted in psychosocial therapies
involving vulnerable people. We are herein presenting the results of an
academic literature review. We identified scientific papers published
between 2006 and 2015 resorting to academic databases available on the
Internet, applying a systematic selection method based on quality
criteria. Secondly, we analysed contents, highlighting the scarcity of
research involving vulnerable people. The available literature
specialized in psychosocial therapies offers investigation results which
involve mobile phones and patients in general, focusing particularly on
the clinical psychology field and, to a lesser extent, on the social
work field. Particularly significant are the investigation works
developed in the United States. In the present paper we introduce a
first “state of the art”, identifying opportunities and also the
limitations surrounding the use of mobile phones in psychosocial
therapies targeting the vulnerable. Issues concerning privacy and data
confidentiality, and the access of vulnerable people to mobile phones
and how they use them, pose significant challenges; but they offer the
opportunity to reach isolated or impoverished populations, or even to
facilitate access to social and healthcare services. We close this paper
formulating possible orientations, hypotheses and goals to design new
investigation works involving vulnerable populations. © 2016, Springer
Science+Business Media New York.
Author keywords
Clinical psychology; Mobile phones; Psychosocial therapy; Social work; Text messaging; Vulnerable people
ISSN: 01485598
CODEN: JMSYDSource Type: Journal
Original language: English
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-016-0500-yDocument Type: Article
Publisher: Springer New York LLC
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