Introduction: A vision for the field of digital therapeutics
ISBN
978-0-323-90045-4
Type
book section
Date Issued
2023
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Abstract
The purpose of this book is to introduce the topic of digital therapeutics to a broad audience. Traditional treatments for mental health and addiction have not been capable of scaling to meet the large number of persons who need or seek treatment. Digital therapeutics—software designed to prevent, treat, or manage pathology—may help to close a longstanding access to treatment barrier, providing scalable, low-cost interventions to a broad audience. Within the past decade, there has been a massive growth of digital therapeutics, but there is limited integration of the literature on the current state of the science. Mental health clinicians and researchers alike have difficulty in keep abreast of the advancement of these topics, including evidence for direct-to-consumer standalone digital therapeutics, the effectiveness of integrating digital treatments within traditional healthcare settings, as well as recent innovations which are currently and will continue to transform the field of digital therapeutics toward therapeutic models which are more personalized, adaptable, and engaging. The goal of this book is to introduce these topics, discuss cutting-edge advancements, and offer important considerations for implementation of digital therapeutics. ...
Language
English
Keywords
digital therapeutics
digital health
digital interventions
treatment apps
blended care
conversational agents
digital therapeutic alliance
just-in-time adaptive interventions
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Business Innovation
Book title
Digital Therapeutics for Mental Health and Addiction - The State of the Science and Vision for the Future
Publisher
Elsevier / Academic Press
Publisher place
Cambridge, MA, USA
Volume
1st Edition
Start page
1
End page
4
Division(s)
Eprints ID
267713