- collect information on user's behavior patterns, can signal when help is needed if changes occur
- improve memory or thinking skills
- connect people to a peer counselor or mental health professional 

Technological Advances in Mental Health Care: Mental Health Apps

- crisis text/call lines
- sophisticated mental health apps 

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

Examples of technological advances in mental health 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

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. 

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