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Current Regulation of Mobile Mental Health Applications

James A. Armontrout, John Torous, Marsha Cohen, Dale E. McNiel and Renée Binder
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online June 2018, 46 (2) 204-211; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.003748-18
James A. Armontrout
Dr. Armontrout is a Staff Psychiatrist, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Torous is Co-Director of the Digital Psychiatry Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Ms. Cohen is Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA. Dr. McNiel is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Dr. Binder is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
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Dr. Armontrout is a Staff Psychiatrist, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Torous is Co-Director of the Digital Psychiatry Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Ms. Cohen is Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA. Dr. McNiel is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Dr. Binder is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
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Marsha Cohen
Dr. Armontrout is a Staff Psychiatrist, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Torous is Co-Director of the Digital Psychiatry Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Ms. Cohen is Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA. Dr. McNiel is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Dr. Binder is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
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Dale E. McNiel
Dr. Armontrout is a Staff Psychiatrist, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Torous is Co-Director of the Digital Psychiatry Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Ms. Cohen is Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA. Dr. McNiel is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Dr. Binder is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
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Renée Binder
Dr. Armontrout is a Staff Psychiatrist, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Torous is Co-Director of the Digital Psychiatry Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Ms. Cohen is Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA. Dr. McNiel is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Dr. Binder is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
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vol. 46 no. 2 204-211
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.003748-18
PubMed 
30026399

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
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1093-6793
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  • Published online July 19, 2018.

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  1. James A. Armontrout, MD,
  2. John Torous, MD,
  3. Marsha Cohen, JD,
  4. Dale E. McNiel, PhD and
  5. Renée Binder, MD
  1. Dr. Armontrout is a Staff Psychiatrist, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Torous is Co-Director of the Digital Psychiatry Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Ms. Cohen is Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA. Dr. McNiel is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Dr. Binder is Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
  1. Address correspondence to: James A. Armontrout, MD, 650 Castro Street, Suite 120, #205 Mountain View, CA 94041. E-mail: james.armontrout{at}va.gov

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