Connecting Psychiatry: Advances in Digital Mental Health

This podcast series will explore the burgeoning field of digital therapeutics and its potential role in mental health care.

Connecting Psychiatry: Advances in Digital Mental Health

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Do Patients Really Want Mental Health Apps?

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Your Patient Shows You an App. Now What?

The treatment landscape for mental health conditions is constantly evolving. The use of digital health technologies to manage and treat mental health conditions has risen exponentially and as of 2021, over 350,000 health and wellness apps were available for download from the standard app store. However, not all apps are created equal. A new field of digital health apps, digital therapeutics, are software intended to treat or alleviate a health condition by generating and delivering a medical intervention that has a clinically positive therapeutic impact on a patient’s health.

In this inaugural podcast episode, join world-renowned journalist and broadcaster, Jilly...