PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Armontrout, James A.
AU  - Torous, John
AU  - Cohen, Marsha
AU  - McNiel, Dale E.
AU  - Binder, Renée
TI  - Current Regulation of Mobile Mental Health Applications
AID  - 10.29158/JAAPL.003748-18
DP  - 2018 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 204--211
VI  - 46
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/46/2/204.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/46/2/204.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2018 Jun 01; 46
AB  - In recent years, the availability of software that is targeted toward the general public and designed to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness or to promote general mental health has expanded greatly. Regulation of more traditional health care providers and health care-associated devices is well established by statute, regulatory guidelines, and common law precedents. Applications (apps), in contrast, pose a novel regulatory challenge. This review examines the current regulatory guidelines for psychiatric mobile mental health apps, as well as the current state of case law in the psychiatric mobile mental health realm.