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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. These companies include BetterHelp , Cerebral, GoodRX, Monument, and Workit Health.

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Therapy App “Innovation” – Research into Mental Health Apps, Part I

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Therapy apps have grown in popularity in recent years as a method for consumers to get inexpensive mental health support from the comfort of their own homes. The researchers trained 10 raters who were college students, medical students, and research assistants.

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Digital self-management emerging as a new high growth HealthTech sub-sector in 2024

Lloyd Price

The growth of the digital self-management market is being driven by a number of factors, including the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, the rising demand for personalized healthcare, and the growing adoption of mobile health (mHealth) technologies. In 2021, the global digital self-management market received a total of $12.9

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The Digital Tools Creating Scalable Access To Psychotherapy

Waracle

Globally, the pandemic is increasing demand for mental health services, whilst in Scotland, the Scottish Ambulance Service noted that whilst all other 999 calls were down year on year for January, mental health crisis calls were up 9%. Samaritans , a mental health charity, fielded 1.7

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Digital Inclusion As Upstream Health Investment

Health Populi

Training the tech support. These bolster, Education, from early childhood through vocational training and higher ed. The team points to the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, which maintains a list of organizations providing such training and acts as a clearinghouse for such resources. Connectivity. Applications.

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Therapy Apps: Need-To-Know Issues for Clinicians

Telebehavioral Health Institute

While approximately 20% of US adults experienced mental illness in 2020, only 46% received treatment (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, 2021 ). Detailed, evidence-based information about mental health apps has been lacking. Some apps were updated nearly weekly. Read More

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How Telehealth Is Improving Healthcare for Veterans

InTouch Health

Suicide, mental health, PTSD, and numerous chronic conditions are common among United States veterans. The 2016-17 program gave mHealth-enabled tablets to some 6,750 veterans in rural areas across the country. The Department of Veterans Affairs is responsible for providing healthcare to the nation’s 18.2