- crisis text/call lines
- sophisticated mental health apps 

Technological Advances in Mental Health Care: Mobile Mental Health Support 

Telemedicine and Telehealth serve to:

 - make medicine and healthcare more accessible for all 
 - reduces inequity in the obtainment of medicine 
 - reduces costs related to healthcare services, vital for a time in which healthcare costs are soaring 
 - allows for a redistribution of quality (in terms of healthcare services)

Goals of Telemedicine / Telehealth 

Virtual reality (VR) is a computer-generated 3D environment different from the real world and generally viewed through a headset.

Virtual Reality

Technological intelligence designed by humans, displayed through machines instead of humans.  
Intelligent agents - In relation to artificial intelligence, it is the machine or the program that intakes information from its environment and processes that information to achieve certain goals. 

Artificial Intelligence 

1. Mobile Mental Health Support/Mental Health Apps
3. Teleconferencing
4. Virtual Reality
5. Artificial Intelligence 

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- a variety of tools for collaborating with other health professionals
- Gather information on the best possible treatments
- Manage practices/maintain patient records/conduct assessments/track outcomes
- Reach out to patients in rural areas

Improving Practice in Treatment: Technological advances to improve care

No Author. Last Updated 2023, June. Technology and the Future of Mental Health Treatment. National Institute of Mental Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/technology-and-the-future-of-mental-health-treatment

National Institute of Mental Health: Technology and the Future of Mental Health Treatment

Editorial Team. (2021, Aug 9). Amazing Technologies That Are Changing Mental Healthcare. Healthcare Business Today. https://www.healthcarebusinesstoday.com/amazing-technologies-that-are-changing-mental-healthcare/

Healthcare Business Today: Amazing Technologies That Are Changing Mental Healthcare

Asar, Adnan. (2020, Nov. 25) Forbes: Five Tech Innovations That Changed Mental Health in 2020.https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/11/25/five-tech-innovations-that-changed-mental-health-in-2020/?sh=49bbfdad1e9c

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