M. Eugenio Vázquez|Carlos Ferrás Sexto|Álvaro Rocha|Adrián Aguilera
Mobile Phones and Psychosocial Therapies with Vulnerable People: a First State of the Art
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela|Universidade de Santiago de Compostela|University of Coimbra|University of California, Berkeley
mobile phones becoming communication tool commonly used people world started adopted psychosocial therapies involving vulnerable people herein presenting results academic literature review identified scientific papers published 2006 2015 resorting academic databases available internet applying systematic selection method based quality criteria secondly analysed contents highlighting scarcity research involving vulnerable people available literature specialized psychosocial therapies offers investigation results involve mobile phones patients general focusing particularly clinical psychology field lesser extent social work field particularly significant investigation works developed united states present paper introduce first state art identifying opportunities also limitations surrounding use mobile phones psychosocial therapies targeting vulnerable issues concerning privacy data confidentiality access vulnerable people mobile phones use pose significant challenges offer opportunity reach isolated impoverished populations even facilitate access social healthcare services close paper formulating possible orientations hypotheses goals design new investigation works involving vulnerable populations