Editorial: Digital mental health: Interventions and assessment

Frontiers in Psychology

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Cristina Costescu¹  Ioana R. Podina²  Alexandra Voinescu⁴ 

[1] Department of Special Education, Babeş-Bolyai University;Laboratory of Cognitive Clinical Sciences, University of Bucharest;Department of Applied Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bucharest;Department of Psychology, University of Bath

关键词: digital mental health;    digital interventions;    digital assessment;    Well- being;    psychological distress;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1014527

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Robotic, web-based, virtual reality (VR), or mobile-based digital mental health interventions (DMHI) offer tremendous potential to promote mental health and well-being across a range of age groups (Neguţ et al., 2016; Aboujaoude et al., 2020; Voinescu et al., 2021). More than 70% of young people use digital devices, but their mental health problems remain under-diagnosed and under-treated (UNICEF, 2018; World Health Organization, 2020). Therefore, DMHIs could provide excellent opportunities to expand access to diagnostic and intervention services, as well as to improve empowerment, participation, help-seeking, and essential resources to address the stigma associated with mental health (Kaushik et al., 2016; Freeman et al., 2022). In addition, interventions designed to enhance psychological well-being may lessen the negative consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic (De Kock et al., 2022). Several investigations during the COVID-19 epidemic in the community showed a strong negative correlation between psychological well-being and anxiety, despair, and distress (see meta-analysis Salari et al., 2020). DMHIs may improve accessibility, can bridge social gaps, and allow users to log in anonymously whenever they want (Sorkin et al., 2021).

【 授权许可】

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