Rise in Use of Digital Mental Health Tools and Technologies in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Study

Dara H Sorkin   ¹ , PhD ;   Emily A Janio   ¹ , MPH ;   Elizabeth V Eikey   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Margaret Schneider   ⁴ , PhD ;   Katelyn Davis   ⁵ , MSc ;   Stephen M Schueller   ^{6, 7} , PhD ;   Nicole A Stadnick   ^{8, 9, 10} , MPH, PhD ;   Kai Zheng   ⁷ , PhD ;   Martha Neary   ⁶ , MSc ;   David Safani   ¹¹ , MBA, MD ;   Dana B Mukamel   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

² Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

³ The Design Lab, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

⁴ Department of Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁵ Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

⁶ Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁷ Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁸ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States

⁹ UC San Diego Dissemination and Implementation Science Center, San Diego, CA, United States

¹⁰ Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, United States

¹¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States