Digital Mental Health Competencies – Workforce Considerations
Photo by Vanessa Garcia on Pexels.com While funding for digital health hits new highs every quarter, this past one saw over six billion dollars going to companies across the health…
Building the Science in Digital Health
Photo by Chokniti Khongchum on Pexels.com While IBM is credited with inventing the first smartphone twenty-five years ago, the advent of the iPhone in 2007 gave birth to apps as…
Digital Weight Management in Young Adults – What is Working?
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The pandemic has changed our day-to-day routines. While we are fourteen months into our new reality, many people are starting to get back to their…
Time in Nature and Your Mental Health
Photo by Luis Dalvan on Pexels.com The Japanese practice the art of "forest bathing," which is spending time in nature to counteract stress and re-set the harried and overworked mind…
Human + Digital = Healing For Depression?
Photo by fotografierende on Pexels.com Digital health has had an outstanding funding quarter; Rock Health reported over 6 billion dollars in funding so far in 2021. As the pandemic has…
Can Digital Tools Help Your Child With Anxiety?
Photo by KoolShooters on Pexels.com Data trends are alarmingly clear; rates of depression and anxiety in young people have grown exponentially and have been further exacerbated by the pandemic. Funding…
Conversational Agents- The Healing Potential in Mental Health
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a burgeoning field with many applications. In the past few years, AI-driven conversational agents have been used in many industries, and the rise of their use…
Pending Consequences of the Pandemic- Weight Gain in the USA
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com We are a year into this pandemic, and the potential long-term impacts on our collective health are getting clearer. As a society, the mental health…
Digital Inclusion – A Determinant of Health?
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Globally, where you live, work, pray, play, and learn impacts your health and wellbeing, often called the social determinants of health. More attention is being…
America is Stressed Out- Pandemic Impact
Photo by Kat Jayne on Pexels.com Every year the American Psychological Society (APA) surveys the American public about their stress levels. Given the year we have all lived through, findings…