Full Description
Mental Health is now a digital field. The last few decades have brought digital approaches to both clinical systems and service user supports. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated this, highlighting both new ways of working but also major issues with our hardware and clinical systems. This book will empower those working in mental health to to gain the most from digital changes, to build better services, and to enhance the quality of care that is delivered to patients. It will update readers on the digital mental health landscape and cover technology-enabled care, big data, the challenges of technology in the NHS, and the role of professional bodies in developing future digital clinicians. In an increasingly digital world this is a critical guide for mental health professionals to realise the benefits of technology for patients.
Contents
Introduction Rob Waller, Mark Lovell and Omer Moghraby; 1. Working with IT systems: the benefits and the challenges Fionnbar Lenihan; 2. Technology enabled care Donald Macintyre; 3. Note keeping in the digital age: making good use of electronic records systems Hashim Reza; 4. Big Data: the new epidemiology Lucy Stirland, Tom Russ and Tom Foley; 5. Artificial intelligence: why we need it and why we need to be cautious Dr Lesa S Wright; 6. Digital clinicians: growing a different type of healthcare professional James Reed and Omer Moghraby; 7. Global Telepsychiatry: the changing face of psychiatric practice Peter Yellowlees; 8. The integration agenda: getting everything joined up Rob Waller and James Reed; 9. Digital wellbeing: using technology well Paul Bradley and Toral Thomas; 10. Conclusion: the future of mental health Rob Waller, Mark Lovell and Omer Moghraby; Appendix.
