Digital transformations are well underway in all areas of life. These have brought about substantial and wide-reaching changes, in many areas, including health. But large gaps remain in our understanding of the interface between digital technologies and health, particularly for young people.
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Position Statement on the Ethics and Law of e-Mental Health (& Call to Action)
This draft position statement was drafted by the Special Interest Group on Law and Ethics for eMHIC for presentation at the eMHIC Congress in November 2021. The purpose of this draft statement is to (1) recognise the important role eMHIC……
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Data Protection Is a Mental Health Issue For Young People
In 2018, a Melbourne high school mistakenly released the personal digital records of hundreds of students. Among the records were details of students’ “mental health conditions, medications, learning and behavioural difficulties”. This was bad enough but globally breaches of privacy like…
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Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health
The WHO guidance on Ethics & Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health is the product of eighteen months of deliberation amongst leading experts in ethics, digital technology, law, human rights, as well as experts from Ministries of Health. While new technologies that…
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UK Government Policy Paper: Data Saves Lives: Reshaping Health and Social Care with Data (Draft)
COVID-19 has transformed the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) The urgency of this pandemic has driven unprecedented digital transformation throughout health and care. It has transformed people’s relationship with the NHS – for the better. The Digital Transformation Plan sets out the…
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Digital Mental Health and Digital Therapeutic Alliance
The therapeutic alliance [1], a measure of the quality of a therapist’s relationship with their client/patient, has been linked to the efficacy of psychological treatment and positive therapeutic outcomes. Many people are now turning to online and digital choices as…
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Global eMental Health Series: Webinar 8
11-May-2021 Webinars The global expansion of eMental Health initiatives brings new ethical and legal challenges. eMental Health initiatives can clearly promote wellbeing and human flourishing. But as with all technological or therapeutic advances, attention must be paid to potential harms. How…
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eMHIC Special Interest Group for Ethics and Law, April 2021
18-April-2021 Articles One of the aims of eMHIC’s Special Interest Group on Ethics and Law is to produce a position statement on ethico-legal issues in eMental Health. The idea is fairly straightforward: as a hub of knowledge and practice in the…
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Why Reviewing Apps Is Not Enough: Transparency for Trust (T4T) Principles of Responsible Health App Marketplaces
The overselling of health apps that may provide little benefit and even harm needs the health community’s immediate attention. With little formal regulation, a light-touch approach to consumer protection is now warranted to give customers a modicum of information to…
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Published: January 15, 2021 A group of international researchers lead by the Department of Pediatrics, Center for Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine of Stanford University published a research article about ‘Ethics of Digital Mental Health During COVID-19: Crisis and Opportunities’. The…
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