What is the Current and Future Status of Digital Mental Health Interventions?

Rosa Mª Baños ^[1] ; Rocío Herrero ^[2] ^[3] ; Mª Dolores Vara ^[1]
1. [1] Universitat de València
  
  Universitat de València
  
  Valencia, España
2. [2] Universidad de Zaragoza
  
  Universidad de Zaragoza
  
  Zaragoza, España
3. [3] Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  
  Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  
  Madrid, España
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Localización: The Spanish Journal of Psychology, ISSN 1138-7416, Nº 25, 2022, págs. 1-8
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- The prevalence of mental disorders continues to increase, especially with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although we have evidence-based psychological treatments to address these conditions, most people encounter some barriers to receiving this help (e.g., stigma, geographical or time limitations). Digital mental health interventions (e.g., Internet-based interventions, smartphone apps, mixed realities -virtual and augmented reality) provide an opportunity to improve accessibility to these treatments. This article summarizes the main contributions of the different types of digital mental health solutions. It analyzes their limitations (e.g., drop-out rates, lack of engagement, lack of personalization, lack of cultural adaptations) and showcases the latest sophisticated and innovative technological advances under the umbrella of precision medicine (e.g., digital phenotyping, chatbots, or conversational agents). Finally, future challenges related to the need for real world implementation of these interventions, the use of predictive methodology, and hybrid models of care in clinical practice, among others, are discussed.