Integrating Equity and Diversity in Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression-Presentation Slides

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This document is a presentation on the integration of equity and diversity in digital mental health interventions for depression. It is an initiative by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).<br /><br />The presentation highlights the importance of targeting digital interventions for diverse populations. It discusses the use of text messaging as a means to improve engagement in mental health interventions. It also emphasizes the need for culturally tailored mobile interventions for depression.<br /><br />The document provides statistics on smartphone ownership worldwide and the demographics of digital health app users by language. It presents a taxonomy of interventions ranging from face-to-face therapy to totally automated self-help interventions.<br /><br />The presentation discusses the concept of supportive accountability and mentions specific smartphone apps used in mental health interventions. It also introduces PsyberGuide, a resource that rates mental health apps based on evidence, user experience, and privacy.<br /><br />The document emphasizes the disparities in access to mental health care among racial/ethnic minorities and underserved populations. It highlights the high ownership rates of smartphones among Latinx and African-American populations as well as their preference for text messaging.<br /><br />The presentation includes a study on the use of text messaging as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. It shows that patients who received text messaging had higher attendance rates and stayed in treatment longer. It also discusses how text messaging can be used to monitor patients' moods and predicts their attendance in therapy sessions.<br /><br />The document concludes by discussing the implications of these findings and highlights the need for personalized, algorithmic interventions in mental health. It introduces the DIAMANTE app and mentions ongoing research on its impact.<br /><br />Finally, the presentation ends with a call for questions from the audience.

Keywords

equity

diversity

digital mental health interventions

depression

text messaging

culturally tailored mobile interventions

smartphone ownership

mental health apps

disparities in access

personalized algorithmic interventions