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Physician, researcher and scientist Dr. Jorge Palacios explains how this style of care works and how it can help combat today’s mental healthcare crisis.

During a panel discussion at Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech 2022, investors discuss what’s next for the space as funding slows down, and explore the value of direct-to-consumer tools.

Mental healthcare may be among the more intuitive specialties to deliver via telemedicine – but privacy demands, technology difficulties and the need for safe places deter some from taking advantage.

Thomas Insel discussed the impact the pandemic has had on digital mental health development for serious mental illness, and future directions for this vulnerable population within digital mental health.

The interest and demand for remote patient monitoring (RPM) has significantly increased throughout the pandemic. Remote patient monitoring success requires a shift in patients, providers, payers, and tech developers’ mindsets in order to create more cost-efficient solutions.

Human-computer interaction involves the design and development of computer technology with a focus on facilitating its use from accumulated influences. HCI also offers the implementation and evaluation of technologies with an importance on user experience.

Summary: The New Zealand Digital Health Association (DHA) is a not-for-profit group dedicated to championing digital technology in healthcare throughout New Zealand.A special interest group within DHA was established to focus specifically on mental health, addiction and well-being: the Digital Wellbeing Industry Group (DWIG), chaired by eMHIC Global Leadership Council member …

Policy-makers in the EU are promoting an array of digital health programs, such as the European Health Data Space unveiled earlier this month. But lack of awareness and knowledge could stymy their impact.

There is little doubt about technologies’ potential to disrupt and transform adolescent mental health, however, we still have some way to go before we realize this potential and progress will require global action. This opinion piece discusses current solutions and their performance, and suggestsions for future directions.

This article critically examines how technology-mediated forms of mental health care might amplify historical injustices, and erase minoritized experiences and expressions of mental distress and illness. The article dissects the impacts of colonization, and makes recommendations for more equitable futures.