Citation

Pennou A, Lecomte T, Potvin S, Khazaal Y. Front. Psychiatry 2019; 10(MAY).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Frontiers Media)

DOI

10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00302

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Abstract

Over 50% of people diagnosed with a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, will meet criteria for a substance use disorder in their lifetime. This dual disorder often starts during youth and leads to significant societal costs, including lower employability rates, more hospitalizations, and higher risk of homelessness and of suicide attempts when compared to those with a serious mental illness without substance misuse. Moreover, many individuals presenting with comorbid disorders also present with other psychological difficulties as well, such as personality disorders or anxiety and depression, also known as complex comorbid disorders. Transdiagnostic treatments that focus on core difficulties found in people with complex dual disorders, such as emotional regulation, are direly needed. Emotional regulation skills can help reduce distress related to psychotic symptoms and maintain abstinence in substance use disorders. New technologies in the field of communications have developed considerably over the past decade and have the potential to improve access to such treatments, a major problem in many health care settings. As such, this paper aims at: presenting core difficulties present in many individuals with dual disorders, reviewing the scientific literature pertaining to the use of mobile applications in mental health and addictions, and presenting the development and potential of a new application for emotional regulation for people with dual disorders. Copyright © 2019 Pennou, Lecomte, Potvin and Khazaal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Language: en

Keywords

crime; human; Internet; information dissemination; Emotion regulation; suicide; Review; alcohol; training; incidence; alcoholism; child abuse; bipolar disorder; Schizophrenia; cannabis; prevalence; Psychosis; schizophrenia; anxiety; mindfulness; social network; hospitalization; comorbidity; disease severity; privacy; posttraumatic stress disorder; Severe mental illness; Substance use disorder; homelessness; stress management; psychoeducation; motivation; mental disease; disease association; health program; health care delivery; health care quality; socialization; cognitive defect; validation process; fear; patient monitoring; health care access; health care availability; mental health service; cultural factor; opiate; patient information; self concept; practice guideline; coping behavior; religion; legal aspect; accreditation; high risk behavior; cannabis addiction; health care cost; patient attitude; social status; confidentiality; health promotion; borderline state; information processing; social phobia; psychiatric treatment; onset age; patient satisfaction; relapse; thinking; opiate addiction; risk reduction; dialectical behavior therapy; government regulation; mental instability; feedback system; emotionality; anhedonia; self care; auditory hallucination; telecommunication; online system; access to information; prevention and control; help seeking behavior; goal attainment; functional status; integration; computer security; patient autonomy; alcohol abstinence; acceptance and commitment therapy; compliance (physical); social stigma; psychological well-being; disease burden; patient risk; severe mental illness; mobile application; drug craving; ecological momentary assessment; cell phone use; complex comorbid disorder; disease notification; Dual disorders; ecological momentary intervention; ecological validity; information storage; Mental health apps; motivational enhancement therapy; third wave treatment