Predictors of Perceived Need for and Prescribing of Digital Health Applications for Mental Disorders Among Psychotherapists in Germany: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Esther Stalujanis   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Deborah Engesser   ¹ , MSc ;   Pascal Kemmerer   ¹ , MSc ;   Lena Dotzauer   ¹ , PhD ;   Sandra Salm   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Sandy Scheibe   ⁶ , MPH ;   Karola Mergenthal   ⁴ , PhD ;   Karen Voigt   ⁶ , PhD ;   Susanne Singer   ⁷ , PhD

¹ Division of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

² Department of Consultation Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

³ Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy – Methods and Approaches, Department of Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany

⁴ Institute of General Practice, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

⁵ Medical Psychology – Neuropsychology and Gender Studies and Center for Neuropsychological Diagnostics and Intervention (CeNDI), Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany

⁶ Department of General Practice, Dresden University of Technology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

⁷ Department of Quality of Life in Oncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (CCC-MV), University Medical Centre Rostock, Rostock, Germany