Dichotomies in Digital Mental Health
The uptake and clinical adoption of digital mental health tools like smartphone apps remain limited. While some technology barriers remain, the greatest challenges are no longer technical but rather the dichotomous directions and efforts dividing the space and limiting its potential. This paper focu...
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| Published in | Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 69; no. 12; pp. 1204 - 1206 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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26.09.2018
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | The uptake and clinical adoption of digital mental health tools like smartphone apps remain limited. While some technology barriers remain, the greatest challenges are no longer technical but rather the dichotomous directions and efforts dividing the space and limiting its potential. This paper focuses on six of these dichotomies including randomized versus pragmatic studies, precision versus population health, free market versus regulation, consumer versus clinical uses, big data versus privacy, open versus proprietary software. Realizing that there is no panacea, the authors suggest a more flexible approach towards digital mental health which offers a pragmatic solution to better appreciate the landscape and pave the way towards progress. |
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| ISSN: | 1075-2730 1557-9700 |
| DOI: | 10.1176/appi.ps.201800193 |