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Scaling Technology Solutions

to prevent, assess, and treat mental illness and promote mental health

Scaling Technology Solutions

to prevent, assess, and treat mental illness and promote mental health

About the Center

The Center for Digital Mental Health is a hub for digital health innovation, and for the sharing of ideas and resources, within the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry.

Directed by Dr. Sabine Wilhelm, the Center began as a think tank in 2019 and has grown to over 90 members who are energized by the joint goal of applying technology to address mental health needs. In particular, we share a vision that technology-based solutions are critical for addressing the severe imbalance between the demand for mental health care and the scarcity of existing resources.

Our Mission

The Center’s mission is to scale evidence-based technology solutions to prevent, assess, and treat mental illness and promote mental health in all individuals across race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, ability, or socio-economic backgrounds.

To achieve this goal, we will:

  • DEVELOP AND TEST
    technologies that are tailored to the needs of individuals of all backgrounds to prevent, assess and treat mental illness.
  • COLLABORATE
    with those with lived experience and multidisciplinary stakeholders to ensure that our solutions are informed by diverse perspectives and experiences.
  • PERSONALIZE
    mental health care to the needs of individuals and organizations.  
  • IMPLEMENT
    evidence-based scalable health solutions that expand access to affirming mental health care for all.

Additionally, we are committed to engaging in ongoing self-evaluation in order to meaningfully align our actions with our mission.  

Giving

Our work is supported by investigator-initiated industry sponsorships, federal (NIH) and foundation grants, and philanthropy.

Philanthropic support is critical to maintaining the Center’s infrastructure, fueling our work, and achieving our mission and goals

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Publications

Digital mental health interventions for obsessive compulsive and related disorders: A brief review of evidence-based interventions and future directions

Published review paper on evidence-based digital mental health interventions for obsessive compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs).

Publications

Credibility and expectancy of smartphone-based cognitive behavioral therapy among adults with body dysmorphic disorder.

Publications

Testing the Outcomes of a Smoking Cessation Smartphone App for Nondaily Smokers: Protocol for a Proof-of-concept Randomized Controlled Trial

In the News

Perspectives BDD app conditionally recommended by NICE

Eight digital enabled therapies to treat depression and anxiety disorders in adults have been conditionally recommended by NICE in draft guidance issued today (Wednesday 1 March 2023).

In the News

The Perspectives App: CBT-Based Treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Perspectives, the coach-supported app providing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). The app was developed by Sabine Wilhelm, PhD, Hilary Weingarden, PhD, and Jennifer Greenberg, PsyD from the Center for OCD and Related Disorders (CORD) in collaboration with Koa Health.

Publications

Digital health technologies and major depressive disorder

Awards

Dr. Jonathan awarded the Scholar award from the MGH K12 Career Development Program in Substance Use and Addiction Medicine

Geneva Jonathan, Ph.D. awarded the Scholar award from the MGH K12 Career Development Program in Substance Use and Addiction Medicine for her project “Development and Testing of a Smartphone-based Intervention for Comorbid Substance Use and Depression.”

In the News

Shirley B. Wang, A.M. named in Forbes 30 under 30 list in the healthcare category

Highlights

Dr. Bernstein - CDMH's new Director of Scientific Strategy and Partnerships

Dr. Emily Bernstein was named the Director of Scientific Strategy and Partnerships at the Center for Digital Mental Health.

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