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Mental Health and Information Reporting Assistant: technological innovation including low- and middle-income countries - an update

INTRODUCTION: According to the World Health Organization, addressing the mental health care gap for adolescents, especially in low-resource contexts, is a priority. Evidence-based assessment is crucial for selecting treatment strategies and for quality management. OBJECTIVES: To develop a digital pl...

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Autor principal: Zimmermann, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9567345/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1456
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description INTRODUCTION: According to the World Health Organization, addressing the mental health care gap for adolescents, especially in low-resource contexts, is a priority. Evidence-based assessment is crucial for selecting treatment strategies and for quality management. OBJECTIVES: To develop a digital platform for evidence-based assessments and implement it in different low-resource settings. METHODS: The project operates according to the principles of digital development (https://digitalprinciples.org/), including designing with the user, user testing, understanding the ecosystem, resusing software and being open source, think about sustainability and addressing privacy and security. RESULTS: Different implementation contexts (in Tanzania, Kosovo and Chile) will be presented. The learned lessons will be presented to the audience. CONCLUSIONS: MHIRA is a promising tool that helps bridge the gap regarding adolescent mental health in low-resource settings. Challenges include the clinicans attitude towards evidence based assessment, sustainability of the project and integration with the existing information technology eco-system and regulations. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships.
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spelling pubmed-95673452022-10-17 Mental Health and Information Reporting Assistant: technological innovation including low- and middle-income countries - an update Zimmermann, R. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: According to the World Health Organization, addressing the mental health care gap for adolescents, especially in low-resource contexts, is a priority. Evidence-based assessment is crucial for selecting treatment strategies and for quality management. OBJECTIVES: To develop a digital platform for evidence-based assessments and implement it in different low-resource settings. METHODS: The project operates according to the principles of digital development (https://digitalprinciples.org/), including designing with the user, user testing, understanding the ecosystem, resusing software and being open source, think about sustainability and addressing privacy and security. RESULTS: Different implementation contexts (in Tanzania, Kosovo and Chile) will be presented. The learned lessons will be presented to the audience. CONCLUSIONS: MHIRA is a promising tool that helps bridge the gap regarding adolescent mental health in low-resource settings. Challenges include the clinicans attitude towards evidence based assessment, sustainability of the project and integration with the existing information technology eco-system and regulations. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2022-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9567345/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1456 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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