Digital Interventions for Mental Health Management: A Systematic Literature Review

Mental health issues have unprecedented impacts on people’s well-being. To manage and mitigate these issues, digital technology-based tools offer means to deliver mental health interventions to patients. Although digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) have always been a focus of mental health research, they are gaining much traction in the Information Systems (IS) research field, with increasing interest but limited insights. This study conducts a literature review to develop a systematic understanding of the knowledge of DMHIs from a socio-technical perspective. We synthesize existing knowledge of DMHIs into a conceptual framework, the AAO-TDM framework. Based on our framework, we suggest nine research gaps worth exploring for future research, specifically emphasizing interactions of technological and social elements of DMHIs. We also suggest that IS researchers can advance the interdisciplinary knowledge in developing DMHIs from both design science and behavior science research paradigms.