CRI

mHealth and Mental Health: An Enormous Untouched Opportunity
Wednesday, December 5 - 11:35 AM - 12:50 PM

Session Overview

Utilization of mHealth technologies holds significant potential for improving access and transforming quality of physical healthcare while also reducing costs for millions facing mental illness and addiction disorders. The connection between physical and behavioral health is well-established, but even with the current focus on ACOs and health homes, most do not yet include behavioral mHealth.  Mental illness is a leading cause of disability, affecting over 450 million people worldwide, yet 2/3 of depressed people in America do not receive adequate treatment.  This panel will present the opportunity for large-scale care integration in an ecosystem of mobile apps/monitoring, patient portals, and social networks, supported by robust predictive analytics and applied within a national research collaborative to stimulate innovation and improve care.

Session Objectives

• Share examples of current and leading research findings in mHealth implementation in the behavioral healthcare industry
• Discuss mHealth research within the context of mental health treatment and opportunities to support further innovation in this area
• Introduce the opportunity with Centerstone Research Institute’s Knowledge Network collaborative to explore a large scale innovation and research partnership regarding mHealth and mental health.

Speakers

David Aylward Senior Advisor Ashoka

David Chambers Associate Director NIMH

Thomas Doub CEO Centerstone Research Institute

Benjamin Druss Professor Emory University

Adam Haim Acting Chief NIMH

Sarah Lord Director Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center