Digital Mental Health

Prof. Davor Mucic is a distinguished medical doctor, educated in Rijeka, Croatia, with specialized training in psychiatry obtained in Denmark. He has a profound interest in leveraging technology to enhance mental health care, particularly in the field of e-Mental Health.In 2000, he founded the Little Prince Psychiatric Centre in Copenhagen, where he pioneered the development of telepsychiatry. In 2011, he launched the Telemental Health Section within the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) and currently serves as the chair of the WPA's Digital Mental Health Section.Prof. Mucic is the Editor-in-Chief of the Edorium Journal of Psychiatry and actively contributes as a reviewer for the Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry and as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society.He has authored numerous scientific articles on telepsychiatry, including foundational work on the first international and cross-cultural telepsychiatry services established in 2004. Additionally, he has explored various e-Mental Health applications in the edited book, e-Mental Health, published by Springer in 2016.In response to the mental health challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, he coordinated the WPA’s “Expert Group on e-Mental Health” in 2020. He is also the main author of the recently published WPA Telepsychiatry Global Guidelines. For his significant contributions to the field, Prof. Mucic was honored with WPA Honorary Membership in 2020 and successfully defended the first doctoral dissertation on telepsychiatry in the EU in May 2022.Dr. Donald Hilty is a scholar in psychiatric and medical education, health services, and telemedicine. He works as a Professor of Psychiatry at the UC Davis School of Medicine, and as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of United Health Services and Heritage Oaks Hospital, and as a liaison to professional organizations and the Veterans Health Administration to implement technology. As CMO, he has overseen development of COVID Psychiatric and Medical-Psychiatric units and The Joint Commission accreditations. He speaks internationally and has obtained approximately 20 federal and state grants for and models of care, health services, mood disorders, health economic outcomes and implementation of technology (e.g., video, mobile health, wearable sensors and artificial intelligence). Dr. Hilty’s current research is in implementation and evaluation of video, social media, mobile health and asynchronous – the focus is user-centered design, workflow, technology fatigue, clinical competencies for clinicians and institutional competencies for organizations. He facilitates collaborations with teams worldwide via service to the American, European and World Psychiatric Associations (APA; WPA).Dr. Hilty is active with pedagogy, professional/faculty development and publishing. Dr. Hilty serves as Editor of the Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science (JTIBS), Editor of the Innovation in Technology Column for Academic Psychiatry and as a member of many editorial boards. He has led or co-led 10 special editions related to video and mobile health technology, clinical care and professional development. These include: “The WPA Global Digital Mental Health Care: Evidence, Implementation, Guidelines and Policy” in JTIBS, “Professional Development in Psychiatry and Medicine” in Psychiatric Clinics of North America, and “Digital Interventions for Mental Health” in Frontiers in Psychiatry. He has written 180+ journal articles, 100+ chapters and many other publications, including for the APA-Institute of Medicine and APA-American Telemedicine Association Guideline Writing Groups. Dr. Hilty led a team in publishing Virtual Mental Health for Rural, Underserved and Diverse Settings in 2023 and Dr. Mucic and he are doing a second edition of Digital Mental Health in 2024 – both by Springer Nature Publishing.

• Part I : Introduction.- 1. Technology, Health, and Contemporary Practice: How Does Digital Mental Health Fit It and What Does It Offer?.- 2. Entangled in the Web. Unexpected Events with New Technologies: Safety Issues, Addiction, and Consequences on Communication.- 3. Information Technology For Behavioral Health: Global Perspectives On Access, Services And Stigmatization.- 4. Detection, Evaluation And Best Practices For Technology-Based Fatigue To Promote Well-Being.- Part II : Access, Evaluation, User Design.- 5. Designing new technology for neuro developmental disorders and the importance of involving users (not only robots).- 6. Digital Mental Health Improves Access To Care, Facilitates Early Intervention, And Provides Evidence-Based Treatments At A Distance.- 7. How To Build, Evaluate and Increase Your Telemental Health Program Efficiency.- 8. Digital Mental Health Toward Cross-Cultural Populations Worldwide.- Part III : Integrating Technology Into The Clinical Practice.- 9. Telepsychiatry: From "Telepathy" To The Mainstream.- 10. How Digital Mental Health Adds To Traditional Outpatient And Newer Models Of Integrated Care For Patients, Providers, And Systems.- 11. Social Media And Clinical Practice: What Stays The Same, What Changes And How To Plan Ahead?.- Part IV : Updates On Patient Centered Digital Mental Health Treatments.- 12. Web- and Internet-Based Services: Education, Support, Self-Care, Formal and Hybrid Treatment Approaches.- 13. Artificial Intelligence And Predictive Modeling In Mental Health.- 14. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Bias Modification in Internet-Based Interventions for Mood, Anxiety and Substance Use Disorders.- 15. Internet-Delivered Psychodynamic Therapy in Psychiatric Disorders.- 16. Psychiatric Apps: Patient Self-Assessment, Communication, and Potential Treatment Interventions.- Part V : Perspectives on Technology, Healthcare and Life.- 17. Advancing Mental Health Care: Global Perspectives On Digital And Telepsychiatry Solutions.- 18. How Does the Internet Influence the Doctor–Patient Relationship?.- 19. Lessons Learned or Forgotten?  Future Direction of Global Digital Mental Health Care.