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TikTok’s Impact on Youth Mental Health and Public Health Under-Researched, Study Finds

Digital Health Global

TikTok , the rapidly growing social media platform popular among children and young people worldwide, remains surprisingly under-researched in psychology and psychiatry, according to a two-part study. Most of these studies were from the USA and used content analysis as their research method.

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ACOs not shown to improve mental health outcomes: study

FierceHealthIT

Accountable care organizations do not positively influence treatment and outcomes for chronic mental health conditions for Medicare patients, according to a study in Health Affairs. | A new study pours water on the belief that ACOs are well-suited to handle chronic mental health conditions its patients experience.

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Study: No correlation between privacy and consumer ratings for mental health apps

Mobi Health News

According to an analysis published in JAMA Network Open, many mental health apps provided similar offerings, but frequently lacked accessibility features.

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Study: Majority of mental health patients would consider giving clinicians access to phone behaviors, locations

Mobi Health News

A small study published in JMIR Mental Health found that 84 percent of surveyed patients living with mental illness were willing to use apps that would collect and share biomarkers.

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Financial Stress and Mental Health: Considering the New $24,000 Health Plan Cost from KFF

Health Populi

There is growing evidence on the connection between people’s financial health and their mental health, explored and explained in Understanding the Mental-Financial Health Connection , a study published by the Financial Health Network. consumers said paying a health care bill was stressful.

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Virtual Care and Mental Health Top of Mind for Employers’ Workplaces in 2023

Health Populi

The 2023 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the Business Group on Health (BGH) found that two in three large employers see their health and well-being strategy as an integral part of their overall workforce strategy. To be sure, mental health services expansion will be part of virtual care growth.

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AI can crack open the 'black box' of effective mental health therapy at scale, study finds

FierceHealthIT

A new study finds promising potential for AI and large language models to enhance mental health therapy at scale by being able to analyze millions of text-based counseling messages to shine a light on what works.