Technology and Mental Health: The International Landscape

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Key Details

Organisation Name

Behavioral Health Integration Solutions, LLC

Location

98 Brooks Road, Longmeadow, MA 01106
USA

eMHIC Member Status

Research Collaborator

At a Glance

Description

We are surveying digital MH resources and gaps around the world. Our survey, covers over 60 countries on six continents. Topics included in the review are digital innovations, access, regulation, policy and care quality.

Implementation Status

Scaling implementation

The draft of the survey document has been completed. The next step is to validate the content by having chapters reviewed by subject matter experts from around the world who have domain knowledge for their region or country. We are actively seeking expressions of interest from potential reviewers.

Target Population

Mostly U.S adults, some international adult populations

Customers or members of health plans, employees of businesses, patients enrolled in HMOs or large group practices.

Impact & Outcomes

July to December 2026
We are developing a directory of potential reviewers, SMEs knowledgeable about DMH globally, in their region or country, or possessing broad domain knowledge and expertise. We will be reaching out to a select set of leaders and experts to invite them to participate in an editorial advisory board. In addition, we are seeking three associate editors to oversee the review by the advisory board members.
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Interconnected Magazine

Now accepting submissions of interest for the upcoming issue.

Interconnected is the world’s only digital mental health magazine.

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Initiative Overview

The Current Gap

This project addresses a knowledge gap at a global level with respect to the challenges that DMH can address to overcome the gap between resources and demand for mental health treatment around the world.

Steven Locke, MD, DLFAPA, is a pioneer in digital mental health, telemental health, and behavioral informatics. As past Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, he co-founded the joint Harvard/MIT course on healthcare technology innovation. Dr. Locke also co-founded iHope Network (acquired by Headspace in 2022), the first telemental health company to deliver evidence-based, protocol-guided psychotherapies.

He now practices telepsychiatry, licensed across six states and consults to digital health companies and HCOs on technology, risk, and the evolving standard of care and serves as a peer reviewer for JMIR and as a Harvard iLab mentor.

Our Solution

Our survey report, when completed, will provide guidance to clinical leaders, educators, policy makers, public health officials, epidemiologists and researchers to assist them in understanding the potential for digital mental health to address the gaps between demand and resources on a country-by-country basis.

Key Features

1

Develop online screening solutions for detecting mental disorders.

2

Develop evidence-based behavioral health interventions for primary care.

3

Develop training programs integrating behavioral health into chronic care.

4

Integrate remote patient monitoring and chronic condition management.

Collaboration in Action

Main Collaborators

No collaborators are currently listed. For more information, please contact Dr. Steven Locke using the details below.

Join Our Global Community

Three ways to get involved:

Choose the level that fits.

Key Learnings

Selecting, inviting and recruiting SMEs to serve on the editorial advisory board.
Soliciting and reviewing applications for the three associate editor positions
The scope of the project is global.

Looking Ahead

Work with eMHIC to improve this work and disseminate it internationally.
Associate editor positions (3)
Editorial advisory board service (15)

Send a cover letter and a CV/resume to Dr. Steven Locke, Behavioral Health Integration Solutions, 98 Brooks Rd, Longmeadow, MA 01106 USA, or to [email protected]
The hope is that this document can serve as a global resource for guiding the expandion of access to evidence-based, culturally-sensitive, scalable digital mental health resources worldwide, but especially focusing on resource-poor areas, and regions where the demand/supply gap for mental health treatment is the greatest.
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Key Contact

Steven Locke, MD
Founder, CEO
Behavioral Health Integration Solutions, LLC

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