Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxious and Depressed Youth: Improving Homework Adherence Through Mobile Technology

Pamela Wilansky   ¹ , PhD, C.Psych ;   J Mikael Eklund   ² , PhD ;   Tracy Milner   ³ , MCISc(OT) ;   David Kreindler   ^{4, 5} , MD ;   Amy Cheung   ⁴ , MD ;   Tim Kovacs   ⁶ , PhD ;   Shahin Shooshtari   ⁷ , PhD ;   Arlene Astell   ^{8, 9} , PhD ;   Arto Ohinmaa   ¹⁰ , PhD ;   Joanna Henderson   ¹ , PhD, C.Psych ;   John Strauss   ¹¹ , MS, MD, FRCP(C) ;   Rosemary S L Mills   ⁷ , PhD

¹ Child, Youth and Family Services, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada

³ BrainFx, Inc., Pickering, ON, Canada

⁴ Division of Youth Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Centre for Mobile Computing in Mental Health, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

⁷ Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁸ Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Whitby, ON, Canada

⁹ School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

¹⁰ School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

¹¹ Shannon Centennial Informatics Lab, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada