Investigating the Role of New Mobile Applications in the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents: Opportunities and Challenges

Farshid Niazi Orimi¹ Sajjad Ranjbar Kouchaksaraei²

1) Educational Assistant, Department of Education, Babolsar, Iran. Email:
2) MSc in Community Health Nursing, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. Email:

IOI Code : XHEB-KFGBA
Publication : 3nd National Conference on Clinical Psychology of Children and Adolescents(cpcauma3.ir)
Abstract :
    Today, the use of mobile phones has become widespread in every age group, especially among children and adolescents. Mobile phones and mobile-based applications can be used for education, self-control, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders, but it should be noted that this device itself may cause challenges such as smartphone addiction and mental health problems for child and adolescent students. In this study, all the documents published until 2023 were searched in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases using the keywords of application, mobile, mental health, children, and adolescents. In this review article, a total of 525 articles were searched, after removing duplicate records, articles, and documents that were eligible to enter this project, including proximity of the title, abstract, and main text to the subject of research, which were selected and entered this research after the necessary checks. Based on the results of various studies, although the use of smart mobile applications can have a positive role in the mental health of children and adolescents, inappropriate use of mobile phones will cause mental health problems for this group. Therefore, it is recommended that more studies be conducted to investigate the benefits and problems of using mobile phones in the psychological state of children and adolescents.

Keywords : application mobile mental health children adolescents