@article {Drissi2021594,
	title = {A Systematic Literature Review on e-Mental Health Solutions to Assist Health Care Workers during COVID-19},
	journal = {Telemedicine and e-Health},
	volume = {27},
	number = {6},
	year = {2021},
	note = {cited By 27},
	pages = {594-602},
	abstract = {Background: e-Mental health is an established field of exploiting information and communication technologies for mental health care. It offers different solutions and has shown effectiveness in managing many psychological issues. Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has critically influenced health care systems and health care workers (HCWs). HCWs are working under hard conditions, and are suffering from different psychological issues, including anxiety, stress, and depression. Consequently, there is an undeniable need of mental care interventions for HCWs. Under the circumstances caused by COVID-19, e-health interventions can be used as tools to assist HCWs with their mental health. These solutions can provide mental health care support remotely, respecting the recommended safety measures. Materials and Methods: This study aims to identify e-mental health interventions, reported in the literature, that are developed for HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic. A systematic literature review was conducted following the PRISMA protocol by searching the following digital libraries: IEEE, ACM, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and PubMed. Results and Discussion: Eleven publications were selected. The identified e-mental health interventions consisted of social media platforms, e-learning content, online resources and mobile applications. Only 27\% of the studies included empirical evaluation of the reported interventions, 55\% listed challenges and limitations related to the adoption of the reported interventions. And 45\% presented interventions developed specifically for HCWs in China. The overall feedback on the identified interventions was positive, yet a lack of empirical evaluation was identified, especially regarding qualitative evidence. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance and need for e-mental health solutions for HCWs. {\textcopyright} Copyright 2021, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2021.},
	keywords = {China, COVID-19, Digital libraries, e-learning, E-learning contents, Empirical evaluations, Health care, health care personnel, Health care workers, Health Personnel, Health-care system, human, Humans, Information and Communication Technologies, Mental health, Mobile applications, pandemic, Pandemics, SARS-CoV-2, Social media platforms, Systematic literature review},
	doi = {10.1089/tmj.2020.0287},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85108029620\&doi=10.1089\%2ftmj.2020.0287\&partnerID=40\&md5=abb17cd8cdd22c6edcf3e914fcc6e8e2},
	author = {Drissi, N. and Ouhbi, S. and Marques, G. and De La Torre D{\'\i}ez, I. and Ghogho, M. and Janati Idrissi, M.A.}
}
@article {Drissi2020,
	title = {An analysis on self-management and treatment-related functionality and characteristics of highly rated anxiety apps},
	journal = {International Journal of Medical Informatics},
	volume = {141},
	year = {2020},
	note = {cited By 19},
	abstract = {Background and objective: Anxiety is a common emotion that people often feel in certain situations. But when the feeling of anxiety is persistent and interferes with a person{\textquoteright}s day to day life then this may likely be an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are a common issue worldwide and can fall under general anxiety, panic attacks, and social anxiety among others. They can be disabling and can impact all aspects of an individual{\textquoteright}s life, including work, education, and personal relationships. It is important that people with anxiety receive appropriate care, which in some cases may prove difficult due to mental health care delivery barriers such as cost, stigma, or distance from mental health services. A potential solution to this could be mobile mental health applications. These can serve as effective and promising tools to assist in the management of anxiety and to overcome some of the aforementioned barriers. The objective of this study is to provide an analysis of treatment and management-related functionality and characteristics of high-rated mobile applications (apps) for anxiety, which are available for Android and iOS systems. Method: A broad search was performed in the Google Play Store and App Store following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) protocol to identify existing apps for anxiety. A set of free and highly rated apps for anxiety were identified and the selected apps were then installed and analyzed according to a predefined data extraction strategy. Results: A total of 167 anxiety apps were selected (123 Android apps and 44 iOS apps). Besides anxiety, the selected apps addressed several health issues including stress, depression, sleep issues, and eating disorders. The apps adopted various treatment and management approaches such as meditation, breathing exercises, mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy. Results also showed that 51\% of the selected apps used various gamification features to motivate users to keep using them, 32\% provided social features including chat, communication with others and links to sources of help; 46\% offered offline availability; and only 19\% reported involvement of mental health professionals in their design. Conclusions: Anxiety apps incorporate various mental health care management methods and approaches. Apps can serve as promising tools to assist large numbers of people suffering from general anxiety or from anxiety disorders, anytime, anywhere, and particularly in the current COVID-19 pandemic. {\textcopyright} 2020 Elsevier B.V.},
	keywords = {Android (operating system), Anxiety, anxiety disorder, Betacoronavirus, breathing exercise, cognitive behavioral therapy, Cognitive-behavioral therapies, Coronavirus infection, Coronavirus Infections, data extraction, Disease Outbreaks, eating disorder, Eating disorders, epidemic, Health care, human, Humans, iOS (operating system), isolation and purification, language, Mental health, mental health care personnel, mental health service, Mental health services, mobile application, Mobile applications, organization and management, pandemic, Pandemics, Personal relationships, Pneumonia, priority journal, psychology, Review, self care, Self-Management, sleep, Social anxieties, stress, Systematic Review, telemedicine, therapy, Viral, virology, virus pneumonia},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104243},
	url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85088938984\&doi=10.1016\%2fj.ijmedinf.2020.104243\&partnerID=40\&md5=ec0c4f4cdf72007694d3cc8e8f50bb97},
	author = {Drissi, N. and Ouhbi, S. and Janati Idrissi, M.A. and Ghogho, M.}
}
