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Digital mental health: challenges and next steps

Smith, K. A.; Blease, C.; Faurholt-Jepsen, M.; Firth, J.; Van Daele, T.; Moreno, C.; Carlbring, P.; Ebner-Priemer, U. W. 1; Koutsouleris, N.; Riper, H.; Mouchabac, S.; Torous, J.; Cipriani, A.
1 Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft (IfSS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Digital innovations in mental health offer great potential, but present unique challenges. Using a consensus development panel approach, an expert, international, cross-disciplinary panel met to provide a framework to conceptualise digital mental health innovations, research into mechanisms and effectiveness and approaches for clinical implementation. Key questions and outputs from the group were agreed by consensus, and are presented and discussed in the text and supported by case examples in an accompanying appendix. A number of key themes emerged. (1) Digital approaches may work best across traditional diagnostic systems: we do not have effective ontologies of mental illness and transdiagnostic/symptom-based approaches may be more fruitful. (2) Approaches in clinical implementation of digital tools/interventions need to be creative and require organisational change: not only do clinicians and patients need training and education to be more confident and skilled in using digital technologies to support shared care decision-making, but traditional roles need to be extended, with clinicians working alongside digital navigators and non-clinicians who are delivering protocolised treatments. ... mehr


Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000160050
Veröffentlicht am 15.09.2023
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1136/bmjment-2023-300670
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Zitationen: 43
Web of Science
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft (IfSS)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2023
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2755-9734
KITopen-ID: 1000160050
Erschienen in BMJ Mental Health
Band 26
Heft 1
Seiten 1-7
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 17.05.2023
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