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New APP Screens for Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Our reprinted news this week is remarkable in how it reports an app that can potentially make mental health diagnosing easier for the average practitioner. If the report is correct, this could be the start of something small, yet powerful. A recent article in MobileHealth News reported that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [...]
Full StoryWhat We Will Be Doing in mHealth by 2015 or Before!
Did you know that as of Q3, 18% of U.S. residents under 18 had a smartphone? Or that the iPhone operating system for smartphones (OS) had 28% market share and Android had 43%? Ready for a glimpse into the future?Read a few sample predictions from a recent blog post by Arthur C. Clarke: By 2015, [...]
Full StoryReimbursement: Recent Legal and Marketplace Changes
Increasingly, the Technical Marketplace Changes Standard Therapy Models. 1-hour Training Webinar Wrap up this year with an essential discussion of current events to predict next year’s focus on telemental health and online therapy. This month’s guest will be Tania S. Malik, J.D., Founder and President of COPEtoday. As Dr. Maheu’s guest, she will discuss the [...]
Full StoryPREDICTION: Will We Be Treating Mental Health Patients by Smartphone before 2020 (Part II)
You may want to read Part I of this series as well as Part II below. What Can an “App” Do Better Than a Mental Health Professional? A clinician working in-person is likely to reach a few hundred patients, at most, within a year. A single smart device application, such as a smartphone “app” has [...]
Full StoryDisease Management Apps
For those of you interested in medical apps as a special focus for mental health interventions, Brian Dolan’s Top Ten Chronic Condition Management Apps might be of interest. Please note that home health and mental health are closely aligned in focus, and the overlapping territory is often disease management: GoMeals developed by Sanofi Aventis – a [...]
Full StoryPREDICTION: Will We Be Treating Mental Health Patients by Smartphone before 2020 (Part I)
A recent PEW study reported that over one third (35%) of American adults age 18 and over own a smartphone of some kind. One quarter (25%) of smartphone owners report that their phone is where they do most of their online browsing. When asked about how they feel about their devices, 72% of smartphone owners [...]
Full StoryDr. Pat DeLeon Summarizes His Vision for Psychology, which Includes Telepsychology
In a June article for the Hawaii Psychological Association, Dr. Pat DeLeon summarized recent psychology-related events and includes the area of telepsychology. (Reprinted with permission from Dr. DeLeon.) AN EXCITING VISION FOR THE FUTURE Dr. Pat Deleon, former president of the APA, just wrote this article for the Hawaii Psychological Association: –snip– The federal sector [...]
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