Topic: Low Resource Communities
Promise and Pressure: Building Digital Mental Health People Can Trust
Digital mental health is creating new pathways to care, connection and earlier intervention, but its promise depends on whether people can trust the technologies they use. Maureen Abbott explores how safety, evidence, equity and human-centred design can help ensure digital
Bridging the Digital Divide: A Toolkit for Equity-Centred Regulation of Digital Mental Health
A newly released toolkit outlines how equity can be embedded into the regulation and development of digital mental health technologies, helping ensure digital tools reduce risk and address, rather than deepen, mental health inequalities.
A Turning Point for Global Health: Integrating Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health
Digital Mental Health for Indonesia: Bridging Gaps Across 17,500 Islands
Indonesia is exploring digital mental health solutions to overcome geographic, linguistic, and workforce challenges, aiming to expand access, personalize care, and unify services across its 17,500 islands.
Case study: Fit Farmers app – Digital Support for the Mental and Physical Health and Wellbeing of Ireland’s Farming Community
The Fit Farmers App provides Irish farmers with a trusted, co-created digital resource for mental and physical wellbeing, offering practical, offline-ready support tailored to the realities of rural life.
Making Lived Experience the Norm in Mental Health Research
Lived experience in mental health research — involving people who have firsthand experience of mental health challenges — is becoming essential, and initiatives like Wellcome’s Lived Experience Innovation Fund are helping make it standard practice worldwide.
Building Trust: The APEC Blueprint for a Sovereign, AI-Powered Mental Health Ecosystem
The APEC “Building Together” blueprint outlines a secure, AI-powered, and decentralized mental health ecosystem that uses self-sovereign identity and data sovereignty to build trust, empower communities, and enable sustainable digital health services across the Asia Pacific.
In Their Own Words: Young Voices on Mental Health and the Future
A 2023 US national poll of 1,304 young people reveals that while a majority report good mental health, significant economic and identity-based disparities persist, alongside high levels of worry about global crises and future economic stability.
“America Is in the World, the World Is in America”: APA’s Council on International Psychiatry and Global Health
The APA Council on International Psychiatry and Global Health is dedicated to forging robust global mental health solutions by integrating cultural perspectives and addressing major crises like migration. They are focused on enhancing international knowledge transfer, including establishing a resource
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