Digital Mental Health: From Theory to Practice [Paperback]

Empowers readers to capitalise on digital and technological advances to develop mental health services and meet rising demands.A practical guide discussing how to develop and maximise digital technology within the mental health service, this book demonstrates how to gain the most from new technologies and meet rising demands. Essential for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and other mental health professionals, as well as managers and policy makers.A practical guide discussing how to develop and maximise digital technology within the mental health service, this book demonstrates how to gain the most from new technologies and meet rising demands. Essential for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and other mental health professionals, as well as managers and policy makers.Mental Health is now a digital field. The last few decades have brought digital approaches to both clinical systems and service user supports. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated this, highlighting both new ways of working but also major issues with our hardware and clinical systems. This book will empower those working in mental health to to gain the most from digital changes, to build better services, and to enhance the quality of care that is delivered to patients. It will update readers on the digital mental health landscape and cover technology-enabled care, big data, the challenges of technology in the NHS, and the role of professional bodies in developing future digital clinicians. In an increasingly digital world this is a critical guide for mental health professionals to realise the benefits of technology for patients.Introduction Rob Waller, Mark Lovell and Omer Moghraby; 1. Working with IT systems: the benefits and the challenges Fionnbar Lenihan; 2. Technology enabled care Donald Macintyre; 3. Note keeping in the digital age: making good use of electronic records systems Hashim Reza; 4. Big Data: the new epidemiology Lucy Stirland, Tom Russ and Tom Foley; 5. Artificial lC7