The Biggest Data Challenges in Mental Health

Jennifer McTigue tells, the biggest data challenges in mental health Digital health technologies, including EHRs, imaging, electronic prescribing, and increasingly widespread use of connected devices for monitoring health, potentially yield vast amounts of data, which can have significant benefits to researchers and policymakers. The United Kingdom government's No Health Without Mental Health Strategy2 calls for increased use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to enhance the delivery and accessibility of services. Mental health tech solutions are opening up new opportunities for healthcare providers and the general public to communicate with each other and address symptoms of depression, anxiety, substance dependence, and other conditions. Accelerated by the demands of social distancing and other stresses from a global pandemic, technology companies are making huge advances in developing telehealth platforms, wearable technology, and mental health tracking techn...