Topic: Depression
Pipi-in-Your-Pocket: Co-Designing Digital Wellbeing with Young People
Real shares how co-design with young people and frontline staff shaped Pipi-in-Your-Pocket, a digital wellbeing tool designed to strengthen connection, support and continuity of care between face-to-face sessions.
WHO Releases New Manual to Support the Delivery of Psychological Self-Help Interventions
Guided Chatbot Intervention Reduces Anxiety and Depression Among Young People in Jordan
A randomised controlled trial in Jordan found that the WHO’s guided STARS chatbot significantly reduced anxiety and depression among distressed young adults at three-month follow-up.
Innovations to Improve Outcomes and Uptake of Psychotherapies for Mental Disorders: a State-Of-The-Art Review (Key Takeaways)
Innovations in psychotherapy and digital mental health continue to advance through incremental gains, with growing evidence for the effectiveness and scalability of digital, simplified, and workforce-adaptive models rather than any single transformative breakthrough.
Understanding How Interventions for Youth Depression and Anxiety Work: Report Summary
A new Wellcome-commissioned report examines how and why interventions for youth anxiety and depression work, identifying major gaps in mechanistic evidence, prevention research, and lived-experience integration, and setting priorities to guide more precise, equitable, and youth-centred mental health research globally.
MHRA and NICE Receive £2 Million from Wellcome to Improve Safety and Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Technologies
UK regulators MHRA and NICE have received £2 million from Wellcome to strengthen frameworks for the safe, effective, and evidence-based use of digital mental health technologies.
uSupport – a New Psychological Support Platform for Young People from Poland and Ukraine
uSupport, a UNICEF-supported online psychological support platform for Polish and Ukrainian youth, has launched its pilot in Poland to provide accessible, culturally tailored mental health assistance for young people aged 16–24.
FDA Clears Deep TMS™ for Adolescents With Major Depressive Disorder
The FDA has cleared BrainsWay’s Deep TMS™ system as an adjunct treatment for adolescents aged 15–21 with major depressive disorder, expanding access to a noninvasive, evidence-based therapy previously available only to adults.
Can AI Read Human Emotions? Large Language Models Put to the Test
GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 LLMs can reliably recognize human facial emotions at near-human levels, showing promise for healthcare and social applications, though subtle expressions like fear remain challenging.
The Meaning Crisis and the Rise of Spirit Tech
Spiritual health is a crucial, overlooked mental health defense, with a strong spiritual life reducing risks for depression and addiction. This widespread need for meaning is fueling the new Spirit Tech industry.
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