During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth technologies and mental health apps have been promoted to manage distress in the public and to augment existing mental health services. From a humanistic perspective, the promotion and use of mobile apps raises ethical concerns regarding the autonomy of the person using the app. However, there are other dangers that arise when technological fixes are embraced at a time of crisis. Naomi Klein and Shoshanna Zuboff have recently warned about disaster and surveillance capitalism—using crises to pass legislation that will benefit the rich and deepen inequality, and using anonymized behavioral data for commercial purposes. This analysis reveals that mental health apps may take individuals at their most vulnerable and make them part of a hidden supply chain for the marketplace. We provide a case study of a mental health app that uses digital phenotyping to predict negative mood states. We describe the logic of digital phenotyping and assess the efficacy data on which claims of its validity are based. Drawing from the frameworks of disaster and surveillance capitalism, we also use a humanistic psychology lens to identify the ethical entanglements and the unintended consequences of promoting and using this technology during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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心理学和监视资本主义：在 COVID-19 大流行期间推动心理健康应用程序的风险

在 COVID-19 大流行期间，远程医疗技术和心理健康应用程序得到推广，以管理公众的痛苦并增强现有的心理健康服务。从人文角度来看，移动应用程序的推广和使用引发了有关使用应用程序的人的自主权的道德问题。然而，在危机时刻接受技术修复时还会出现其他危险。Naomi Klein 和 Shoshanna Zuboff 最近警告灾难和监视资本主义——利用危机通过立法，使富人受益并加深不平等，并将匿名行为数据用于商业目的。该分析表明，心理健康应用程序可能会将个人置于最脆弱的状态，并使他们成为市场隐藏供应链的一部分。我们提供了一个心理健康应用程序的案例研究，该应用程序使用数字表型来预测消极情绪状态。我们描述了数字表型的逻辑，并评估了其有效性声明所依据的功效数据。从灾难和监视资本主义的框架中，我们还使用人文心理学的视角来确定在 COVID-19 大流行期间推广和使用该技术的道德纠葛和意外后果。