Digital mental health apps
Smartphone apps and digital programmes for depression and anxiety.
Key point
Smartphone-delivered lifestyle medicine reduced depressive symptoms more than waitlist control and maintained within-group improvements through 3-month follow-up in probable depression.
From: Efficacy of smartphone- and bibliotherapy-delivered multicomponent lifestyle medicine interventions for probable depression: A three-arm randomized controlled trial (J Affect Disord, 2026 Dec 1) ↗Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 330, 365, 403, 426, 418.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- [Clinical practice guideline for digital smoking cessation technologies (2026 edition)]Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi2026 Sep 12
- [Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults (2025)]Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi2026 Mar 12
All papers from the last 12 months
1,013 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- The benefits and future potential of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) on mental health: a Delphi studyInt J Qual Stud Health Well-being2026 Dec 31PMID 41589742
- Baseline emotional distress predicts psychological response to a social media reduction intervention in distressed youth: a precision mental health approachJ Affect Disord2026 Dec 15PMID 42648555RCT
- Efficacy of a digital mental health program for university students: A randomized controlled trial comparing online and hybrid deliveryInternet Interv2026 DecPMID 42840271
- The effects of artificial intelligence-based chatbots on mental health: A systematic review and three-level meta-analysisPsychiatry Res2026 DecPMID 42743601Meta-analysisSystematic review
- Depression in patients with atrial fibrillation - prevalence, association with health-related quality of life and handgrip strength - a cross-sectional studyJ Psychosom Res2026 DecPMID 42691775
- Experiential avoidance moderates improvement in affect through a CBT-focused ecological momentary interventionJ Affect Disord2026 Dec 1PMID 42521094
- Efficacy of smartphone- and bibliotherapy-delivered multicomponent lifestyle medicine interventions for probable depression: A three-arm randomized controlled trialJ Affect Disord2026 Dec 1PMID 42503319RCT
- A personalised online parenting intervention for adolescents at high risk of affective disorders: Results from the UK PIPA randomised controlled trialJ Affect Disord2026 Nov 15PMID 42456819RCT
- AI-Mediated Mental Health Support: The Role of Attachment Orientation and Psychological DistressCyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw2026 NovPMID 42808327
- Predictive linguistic markers of suicidal ideation in autobiographical memory narrativesPsychiatry Res2026 NovPMID 42673685
More psychiatry trends
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GLP-1 based medicines studied in alcohol and substance use, and their psychiatric effects.
AI chatbots in mental health
Chatbots and language models used for mental health support.
Key point: PDC30, a self-guided automated intervention with an AI-powered counseling chatbot, improved caregiver depression, burden, and positive gains versus waitlist at 1 month.
ADHD in adults
Diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in adults.
Loneliness and health
Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors.
Gut microbiome and mental health
Links between the gut microbiome and depression or anxiety.
Psilocybin therapy
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression and other conditions.
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
("digital mental health"[tiab] OR "mental health app*"[tiab] OR "smartphone app*"[tiab]) AND (depress*[tiab] OR anxiety[tiab] OR "mental health"[tiab])Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.