Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) are playing an increasingly important role in supporting mental healthcare. Despite their widespread adoption during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a lack of review focused on…
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Background: Approximately 1 out of 5 pregnant women develops depression. Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) is an effective way to treat not only depression but also mild depressive symptoms or subthreshold depression. While numerous…
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What You Should Know:
– Rock Health’s 2025 Innovation Maturity Curve reveals a digital health landscape defined by the rapid ascent of AI chatbots for mental health and “Health Benefits 2.0”, driven by rising costs…
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What You Should Know:
– Headspace has introduced a suite of significant upgrades to Ebb, its empathetic AI companion, headlined by a new Voice Mode that allows members to engage in spoken, natural conversations to…
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Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for mental health interactions, often mimicking therapeutic behaviour without regulatory oversight. Documented harms, including suicides, highlight the urgent need for stronger safeguards. This manuscript argues that LLMs…
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Taha Ouertani, chief executive and founder of MindBay. (Credit: MindBay)
An AI-guided digital cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) tool to help manage mild to moderate mental health problems is being piloted in GP surgeries.
Nearly a…
Digital health interventions (DHIs) offer scalable, accessible approaches to promote healthy sleep in adolescents and to prevent or treat poor sleep and insomnia. Given the high prevalence of sleep problems and their bidirectional links…
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Sleep disturbances and mental health issues represent escalating global health challenges, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and increased digital media consumption. Digital mindfulness-based interventions (DMBIs) have emerged as a scalable and accessible alternative, but…
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Lawrence Tallon, chief executive at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (Credit: MHRA)
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have secured…
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Dr Kultar Singh Garcha, an NHS GP and chief medical officer at Flow Neuroscience, criticised the report
A high risk group for suicide and untreated mental illness are under-represented in the government’s Men’s Health…
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