Dr. Kimberley Taylor's video: NEW AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME NEW AND EXCITING TECHNOLOGY THAT IS BEING CREATED TO HELP IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD TO SPECIFICALLY IMPROVE ISSUES INCLUDING DEPRESSION AND STRESS RELATED DISORDERS. WE HEAR ALL THE TIME HOW PEOPLE ARE MORE CONNECTED TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS AND ONLINE PEER SUPPORT GROUPS. THERE IS EVEN SOFTWARE FOR ‘TELETHERAPY’ APPS THAT LET USERS CONNECT REMOTELY WITH THERAPISTS AND OTHER SELF-GUIDED TOOLS THAT USERS CAN PRACTICE THEMSELVES. BUT HOW WELL IS THIS ALL WORKING OUT? AND CAN THIS SAME KIND OF TECHNOLOGY TAKE UP THE NOBLE GOAL OF TREATING THESE DISORDERS SUCCESSFULLY? WELL, THE TRUTH IS, TODAY MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION OR STRESS ARE SEEKING OUT WEB-BASED TREATMENTS THAT INCLUDE GROUP SUPPORT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO INTERACTING WITH A CLINICIAN OR AS A ADJUNCT TO THEIR ON-GOING THERAPY. MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WILL TOUCH EVERYONE IN THEIR LIVES, WHETHER IT BECOMES AN ISSUE WITH YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, WE WILL ALL BE IMPACTED AND TODAY MORE THAN EVER RESEARCHERS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE AND BETTER HELP THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING. AND WITH THE TECHNOLOGY WE USE EVERYDAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF SUPPORTING OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING. JOINING ME TODAY ARE TWO SUCH INNOVATORS WHO ARE CREATING PLATFORMS TO INTERVENE IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION AND STRESS THROUGH PERSONALIZED PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTION, WHILE STILL PROVIDING THE THERAPEUTIC CONTENT FOUND IN SELF-GUIDED CLINICAL PROGRAMS.