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bringsanumberofsolutions thatcanmakedealingwithmentalproblemseasier [8], such as: tele-mental health, electronichealth records (EHRs), andmobilemental health solu- tions [9].With theuseof ICT,moredata about patients canbe collected, andnewmea- surescanbeused toestimate thepatient’s state [10].Theuseof sensors in thecollection ofdata is thereforeahelpful approach toprovide theneededpatient’s information. Sensorscanprovideaccurate,momentaryandcontinuousdataaboutpatients,which canhelp in theearlydetectionandpreventionofmental illnessesaswell as the real-time monitoring of patients [11].Many types of sensors can be incorporated in themental healthcare process.Data can be collected from smartphones using their integrated sen- sors [12], wearable devices or on-body sensors like eye tracking devices [13] or wrist sensors [14], positioning sensors andmagnetic sensors for indoor collect of data [15]. This paper presents a survey of literature to give an overview of the research that ad- dresses theuseof sensors in thementalhealthcare industry.Seventeenpapershavebeen selectedaccording to inclusionandexclusioncriteria andwereanalyzed tocapture their main contribution.This studyprovides anoverviewof addressed topics andweakareas of the research, aswell as the proposed solutions and uses of sensors inmental health care,whichmaybehelpful for researchers, cliniciansandpatients. 2. Method This study is a surveyof literatureof articles that address the topicsofuseof sensors in thementalhealthcaredomain. 2.1. ReviewandProtocols The PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis) [16] statement for reporting systematic reviewsandMeta-Analysesguidelineswere fol- lowedon theconstructionof this study. 2.2. Searchstrategy To identify papers to be included in this study, a search has been conducted in January 2019 in the following sources: ScienceDirect, IEEEXplore Digital Library, Springer Link,WileyOnline Library, ACMDigital Library, andGoogle Scholar. The search in thesedigital librarieswasbasedon the followingsearchstrings: • (ElectronicORConnected)ANDMentalANDHealth. • (e-MentalOReMental)ANDHealth. • Mental and (eHealthORe-Health). 2.3. Studyselection The inclusion criteria were limited to the studies that address the topics of connected health formental health issues.The studies thatmet at least oneof the followingexclu- sioncriteria (EC)wereexcluded: • EC1:Studies thatdonot address theuseof sensors inmentalhealthcare. N.Drissi etal. /On theUseofSensors inMentalHealthcare308