The Longevity of Mental Health Apps: A Survival Analysis of the Largest Mental Health App Database

Julian Herpertz, Bridget Dwyer, Matthew Flathers, Nils Opel, Christian Otte, Stefan M. Gold, Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer, Julian Schwarz, Jake Linardon, Sean Ryan, John Torous

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DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20260155
Published: 2026-09-09
Container: American Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
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@article{allodium:10.1176/appi.ajp.20260155,
  title = {The Longevity of Mental Health Apps: A Survival Analysis of the Largest Mental Health App Database},
  author = {Julian Herpertz and Bridget Dwyer and Matthew Flathers and Nils Opel and Christian Otte and Stefan M. Gold and Ulrich W. Ebner-Priemer and Julian Schwarz and Jake Linardon and Sean Ryan and John Torous},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {American Journal of Psychiatry},
  doi = {10.1176/appi.ajp.20260155},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20260155}
}

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Herpertz, J., Dwyer, B., Flathers, M., Opel, N., Otte, C., Gold, S. M., Ebner-Priemer, U. W., Schwarz, J., Linardon, J., Ryan, S., & Torous, J. (2026). The Longevity of Mental Health Apps: A Survival Analysis of the Largest Mental Health App Database. American Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20260155

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