Psychiatric Times February 3, 1969
Still in its infancy, the field of technology in psychiatry is rapidly growing and holding much promise in diagnosis, symptom tracking, behavioral reinforcement, and a host of other useful tools.
DIGITAL PSYCHIATRY
As smartphone ownership has skyrocketed and internet connectivity has become a necessity, patients and clinicians alike have seen the potential of evidence-based digital interventions. However, mainstream clinical practice has been slow to adopt these new technologies. Reluctance to use digital interventions might be related to attitude/familiarity, knowledge, and systemic/liability concerns.
The slow adoption may also be due to a lack of interdisciplinary dialogue between app users (the consumer, the patient, the physician), app makers/designers (engineers, computer scientists, and artificial intelligence experts), and the clinical practitioners....
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